Speak Up & Raise Concerns When You’re Apprehensive about their Food Safety
Speak Up & Raise Concerns at Restaurants If you’re apprehensive about their food safety Here’s a scenario all of us are familiar with: You’re out for a meal at a restaurant and get a gut feeling that something just isn’t quite right about the way your food is being handled and served. Maybe it’s how your […]
Food Safety in the US: A Public Good to Prevent Foodborne Illness
Food Safety in the US A Public Good to Prevent Foodborne Illness When you and your family sit down to enjoy a meal at your favorite restaurant here in the United States, countless laws and regulations are in place to help ensure your food is safe to eat. On a federal, state, and local level, […]
Food Safety Training Becoming More of a Priority
Food Safety Training Becoming More of a Priority Training is critical to help workers keep food safety top of mind Food Safety Training is Critical Putting safety first. It’s something you hear and read about a lot nowadays in the world of food safety. But are foodservice handlers and others who work with food really […]
Food Safety in U.S. Prisons: The Big Issues and How You Can Help
Food Safety in US Prisons The big issues and how you can help Food Safety in US Prisons It’s a segment of the population we don’t often think about when it comes to keeping food safe: Our prison system in the United States. Yet problems abound and they affect us in ways we likely aren’t […]
Learning from Different Cultures Helps Us Improve Food Safety
Different Cultures Help Us Improve Food Safety Dr. Abby Gold talks about cultural differences & food safety Cultural Differences & Food Safety Meet Dr. Abby Gold One aspect of food safety that rarely takes center stage but is critical to effective education is cultural differences. If food safety instruction isn’t specific to individual cultures, the […]
Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities: Part 1
Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities Positive Impact Design: When Food Safety Standards are Front & Center Positive Impact Design: Part 1 The topic of facility design isn’t given much thought. For most of us, when we think of food safety, we think of certain behaviors we need to be diligent about—things like keeping food at a […]
Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities: Part 2
Designing Food Manufacturing Facilities Positive Impact Design: Thoughts from Dr. Randy Huffman at Maple Leaf Foods Positive Impact Design: Part 2 Meet Dr. Randy Huffman As we spotlighted in Part One of this series, food manufacturing leaders have their feet to the fire these days when it comes to implementing the most up-to-date best practices […]
Lives Are
Literally In Our Hands
Lives Are Literally In Our Hands Kerry Ingredients is keeping food safety as a top priority Keeping Food Safety as a Top Priority Meet Cindy Kallstrom Food safety can sometimes seem “uninteresting” to people—including those working in a food manufacturing space. But, thankfully, we have bona fide food safety enthusiasts like Cindy Kallstrom infusing her […]
Campylobacter:
More Common than You Might Think
Campylobacter is More Common than Other Better Known Pathogens Most of those illnesses result from eating raw or undercooked poultry Campylobacter is More Common than You Might Think Meet Dr. Irving Nachamkin The pathogen Campylobacter takes up residence in an estimated 1.3 million people in the U.S. each year causing illnesses that can range from mild to […]
The Food Safety Innovators are Helping Change Behaviors
The Food Safety Innovators at NC State University The Stevenson Lab is motivating food-handlers to make changes in their food safety behaviors. The Stevenson Lab Team Pictured from left: Jessica White (Instructional Designer); Kristen Saniga (Graduate Student); Clint Stevenson (Assistant Professor); Stephanie Maggio (Graduate Student); Julie Yamamoto (Project Coordinator/ Instructional Designer); Madhu Dutta (Graduate Student) […]
“Are You Committed or Converted to Food Safety?
“Are You Committed or Are You Converted?” What’s most important in keeping food safe and preventing foodborne illness How a “light bulb” moment made food safety the priority Meet Norman Barnett In the world of food safety, Norman Barnett is one of those good guys who has it all—smarts, passion, professionalism, a caring heart, and […]
Mom on a Mission & Food Safety Warrior
Mom on a Mission & Food Safety Warrior Employee awareness and training is a good place to start Employee Awareness & Training Meet Angela Saeger Angela Saeger has had a long, successful, and fulfilling career in food safety. Along the way, a terribly frightening experience amped up this devoted mother’s huge passion for preventing foodborne […]
