food safety

NY mandates CO detectors in restaurants

Dec. 30, 2014

The requirement was signed into law after a restaurant manager was killed by the undetectable gas.

Bay Area restaurants see lag in health inspections

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 12, 2016

Local officials are struggling to keep up with the growing restaurant sector.

Operations

CDC warns restaurants to avoid lettuce from Yuma, Ariz., over E. coli concerns

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 13, 2018

The watchdog has traced an outbreak of E. coli cases to chopped romaine lettuce grown in that area.

ID NEWS: New company targets federal feeding programs for food-safe produce

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 09, 2003

Food Safe, Inc., Perryman, MD, a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded Aquentium, Inc., has applied to sell its line of sanitized fruits and vegetables...

FDA Names New Food Safety Chief

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 02, 2004

WASHINGTON, DC - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed Dr. David W.K. Acheson as director of the Food Safety and Security Staff in the Center...

Presidential Candidates Spar over Food Safety

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 25, 2004

NEW YORK - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry exchanged blows over who can protect the country's food supply, with each presidential candidate claiming to...

U.N. Names Coordinator of Global anti-Bird Flu Campaign

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 30, 2005

The appointment is critical as the world is fast recognizing the risk of an imminent human influenza pandemic, and is taking steps to reduce the risk and to...

Alberta Receives $23 Million for Food Safety Initiatives

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 11, 2006

The funding was revealed yesterday by federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Chuck Strahl and Alberta...

Industry Groups to Co-Host Food Safety Conference in DC

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 01, 2006

This event will connect restaurant-and-foodservice operators and food suppliers, distributors, retailers and wholesalers, as well as regulators and...

Distributors Can Help Operators Control Costs

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 23, 2007

"Distributors are knowledgeable consultants, capable of offering cost-cutting suggestions in many areas," says David Ingersoll, the director of sales...

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