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Former Commissioner: FDA Needs Resources to Ensure Food Safety

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 15, 2007

Appearing earlier this month on the PBS NewsHour, William Hubbard told correspondent Betty Ann Bowser that while the food supply is not dangerous, food –...

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Employee Safety Tools

 By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 07, 2008

The proactive approach. Enforcing proper food safety procedures is crucial to the well-being of your customers; however, keeping employees safe in the workplace is equally essential.

IFDA Invites Members to Attend 2009 Day in Washington

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 10, 2009

In a message to members, IFDA says, “This program is your opportunity to come to Washington and meet with your lawmakers to discuss the issues and help...

FDA Issues 2009 FDA Food Code

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 18, 2009

(Nov. 16, 2009)—The Food and Drug Administration today announced the publication of the new FDA Food Code, a model code and reference document that...

IFDA Members Discuss Key Issues with Lawmakers and Presentation of Thomas Jefferson Awards

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 15, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC (July 14, 2010)—During the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Day in Washington event June 22-23, IFDA members held...

Survey: Pacific Northwest Eclipses National Average in Demand for 'Local' Foods

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 17, 2011

KELSO, Wash. (March 16, 2011 - PRNewswire)—"Local" is nothing new to residents of the Pacific Northwest. But as the practice of supporting nearby farms and...

FDA bans Korean Shellfish Distribution

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 21, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2012)—The Food and Drug Administration pulled firms that transport Korean shellfish off its list of approved shippers on May 1...

1 in 5 restaurant employees work with norovirus symptoms

Jun. 04, 2014

Food handlers in restaurants cause about 70 percent of norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food, a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. And one in five restaurant workers admits going to work while sick.

Officials suspect they have the cause of the latest Chipotle outbreak

By Peter Romeo on Dec. 09, 2015

Meanwhile, the tallies of victims and lawsuits continue to grow.

Consumer Trends

6 ways the global restaurant market is a small world

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 31, 2017

Attendees of the Global Restaurant Leadership Conference learned how the global market varies from region to region, but in other respects is a small world. Here are some of the overseas trends that might sound familiar to U.S. operators, though sometimes with a twist.

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