food safety

Food safety comprises all of the kitchen cleanliness and food handling and storage rules and regulations that keep people from getting sick when they eat. With recent lawsuits stemming from E. coli infected meat and filthy restaurant kitchens like those revealed on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, food safety is more of a concern than ever.

Basically, food safety rules and practices are there to prevent food poisoning. This is a concern in private home kitchens, in restaurant and institution kitchens, and in foreign countries where sanitation and food handling may not be up to Western levels.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “food safety”

• Ethicureans post The New USDA guidelines

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 139
  Ezra KleinAll Klein, all the time.January 22, 2009   (this is from early in the year but quite relevant now)NATURALLY RAISED.If you were told an animal was “naturally raised,” what would you imagine that meant? Is it evidence that they wandered a field? Felt the touch of sunlight? Ate their normal diet? Well, ...
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• environmental news stories sunday

  
  skippy the bush kangaroo — Authority: 585
  stories you might not hear on the talking head shows this morning. bhopal: the victims are still being born. - bhopal is a calamity without end. on 3 december 1984, clouds of poison leaking from a union carbide pesticides plant brought death to thousands in this central Indian city. today, fully a quarter of a ...
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• Where Is Justice For Peanut Outbreak Victims?

  
  eFoodAlert.com — Authority: 134
  "Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied" - William E. Gladstone , 1809-1898 Like it or not – agree with the sentences or not – China took swift and decisive action against perpetrators of last years milk adulteration scheme. Unfortunately, the 700+ victims of Stewart Parnells Salmonella -poisoned ...
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• How To Create Your Familys Emergency Food Supply For Up To A Year Of Survival

  
  The Fun Times Guide to Food — Authority: 124
  Whether you believe the end is coming on Dec. 21, 2012 or not, Hurricane Katrina illustrated to everyone that when Mother Nature wants to ruin your day the only person whos going to help you is the one you see in the mirror.  Youre going to get plenty hungry waiting for the government to show up with a supply of ...
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• Food safety bill deserves support, even from small farmers

  
  Food Politics — Authority: 576
  Alas, Congress did not pass food safety legislation by Thanksgiving, and I’m getting lots of requests to comment on it.  For example, Johannes G writes : “Marion, I’m usually spot on with you about a lot of things you talk about, but your final comment truly irritates me. We don’t need more regulatory ...
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• Thanksgiving Death Wish 2: Leftover turkey meals

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 735
  Googlers today are out (or in, as the case may be) in droves looking for ways to use up all that extra god-forsaken turkey. Having spent Thanksgiving at the home of my future brother in law’s grandma, we were a family without leftovers. It was a pretty sad thing, intoxicated at 2am and starving, to not be able to ...
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• Dangerous Cookware Exposed: Teflon, Nonstick, Pyrex, Ceramic - Which Is The Safest?

  
  The Fun Times Guide to Food — Authority: 124
  Did you know that Teflon and other nonstick cookware is perfectly safe until you apply heat to them ? Thats right, as long as you dont use your cookware to actually cook you wont experience any off gassing of toxic fumes.  Makes you wonder why they even make it, right? Did you know that glass cookware such ...
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• Nanotechnology has big potential for intelligent packaging

  
  PakBec — Authority: 122
  PIRA consultant Dr Graham Moore has highlighted the "big potential" for nanotechnology in packaging as long as issues surrounding consumer safety are fully addressed. Moore made the comments during an online conference organised yesterday (26 November) by the NanoKTN in conjunction with Leatherhead Food Research, ...
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• Senate moves to outlaw safe food

  
  Common Sense Living — Authority: 413
  Image by Getty Images via Daylife First I want to say that I am appalled at the way Congress is working on weekends, over holidays and under cover of darkness to push through legislation that they know their constituents would object to. Like I said in a previous post, I think they’ve forgotten who they really [...]
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• Food Recall: Frozen Beef Fritters

  
  Circle of Food Blog — Authority: 135
  In a nutshell: Plastic pieces found in frozen beef fritter products distributed to restaurants nationwide.From the Advance Food Co. distributed by the FDAWASHINGTON, November 27, 2009 –... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. Hungry for the full course? Visit Circle of Food.
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• Contamination of Food - Melamine Contamination Due to Chinese Factory Criminal Activity

  
  Today's Top Voted Bookmarks — Authority: 147
  Do you suspect that you, your family or especially your children have ingested food products contaminated with Melamine? You are correct to be concerned but before you panic, we hope this article can at least give you knowledge about what is fact and what is fiction where this Melamine menace is concerned. ...
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• Food safety, news, and the slow death of journalism

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  I’ve been doing food safety news for 16 years – aggregating, analyzing, and everything else. Archives are available online going back to Jan. 1, 1996 . I believe in  the 4 Rs of food safety communications -- rapid, reliable, repeated and relevant. I believe in using new media. I believe the rose does go on ...
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• Core Principles of the Archimedes Turkey Theory

  
  Stomachs on legs are proud to present — Authority: 125
  Thanks to Andy for this.
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• Bad frozen dessert -- and labels -- on Thanksgiving

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
  Thanksgiving was a decidedly low-key affair this year. As the parents of a soon-to-be 1-year-old, we’re just tired. We’ve been to a baby shower, hosted a birthday party with too much good scotch (and turkey) and are driving to Missouri on Saturday, so we were all happy to hang out in our PJs. Our friend Angelique ...
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• Every health inspector needs one of these.

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
    Oh snap, this is an awesome T-shirt. I know the writing is small, so this is what it says. You know you are a health inspector when… People ask you where to eat and…… you just smile. You interrogate the cook at your own family’s Thanksgiving dinner The waiter asks “How would you like ...
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• China executes 2 people for milk contamination

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Beijing, Nov 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a bizarre turn of justice, China has executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman on Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula. China has given such severe punishments so that it would be like balm to the public anger, reassure importers and put to [...]
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• Les nanoparticules de TiO2 sont-elles dangereuses pour lhomme ?

  
  PakBec — Authority: 122
  Quon le sache ou non, on retrouve les nanoparticules de dioxyde de titane (TiO2) dans la plupart des produits cosmétiques, dans les crèmes solaires, dans les colorants alimentaires, dans les compléments nutritionnels et dans les emballages dits intelligents ( Ex. encre intelligente à base de nano-particules ...
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• The importance of documentation

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 434
    Whether a restaurant belongs to a large chain or simply a mom and pop operation, it is always beneficial to document cooler temperatures, hot holding temperatures, sanitizer concentration for dishwashers, time/temperature checks on a daily basis. A quality control program never hurts. I despise those restaurant ...
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• Phyllis Fables: A Thanksgiving Turkey To Remember

  
  eFoodAlert.com — Authority: 134
  Bob and Terri – a newlywed couple – were hosting their first family Thanksgiving dinner. Terri, an aspiring attorney who had never prepared a turkey before, sat down at her computer early on Thanksgiving morning and Googled "turkey recipe". To her delight, up popped the following fail-safe instructions: ...
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• Interview with Patty Lovera, Assistant Director Food and Water Watch

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 433
  Making it easier for you to make the right choices As much as we are in love with food, we have come to recognize that in today’s world, food is not only a source of pleasure, but an incredibly complicated issue. How are foodies to enjoy a gorgeous piece of sushi when worried if it will ever be on the menu ...
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