food safety

Battle over ServSafe fees spills into federal court

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 23, 2023

The National Restaurant Association has been sued for using the proceeds to fund its lobbying. The plaintiffs want the practice stopped and reimbursement of the $15 that any employee paid for the course.

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Restaurants' standard defense against food poisoning is drawing fire

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 19, 2023

Reality Check: A union-affiliated group is blasting ServSafe as an underhanded way of defeating pro-employee legislation. What exactly is the deception? And what about the program's benefits?

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FDA airs new supply-chain record-keeping rules

By Peter Romeo on Nov. 16, 2022

Restaurants may have to update their recording processes if they deal in certain products, including seafood and cheese.

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New survey finds 86% of American chefs are interested in serving cultivated meat

By Reyna Estrada on Oct. 27, 2022

Cultivated meat is grown directly from animal cells, which eliminates the resources needed to raise and farm animals for food production.

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USDA proposes a new strategy for keeping salmonella out of chicken

By Peter Romeo on Oct. 14, 2022

It intends to adopt a new regulatory framework that could keep contaminated product out of the supply chain.

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Food-safety authorities contend with simultaneous E. coli situations

By Peter Romeo on Aug. 19, 2022

The experts are looking for the source of an outbreak in the Midwest while warning restaurants, supermarkets and consumers about a ground beef contamination in Hawaii.

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Arkansas warns restaurants to watch out for bogus sanitation inspectors

By Peter Romeo on Jul. 15, 2022

The individuals are actually con artists looking to shake down establishments for bogus fines, according to the state's attorney general.

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Outbreak proves plant-based meat can pose a food-safety risk, too

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 28, 2022

A lawsuit has been brought against the supplier of a ground-beef substitute that's suspected of having sickened 470 people. The problem ingredient has yet to be identified.

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