Food Safety Culture

  • A new behavior-based training model helps companies create a food safety culture

    Posted: May 25th, 2012 - 12:16pm

    Food handlers throughout the supply chain – from workers in field to the supermarket deli – play an integral and vital role in the safety of the products they handle. After all, the policies and procedures that require so much time, money and effort to perfect, are only as good as the training and behavior of the employees following them. Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    24.may.12
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    Business Development Director of NSF International’s Global Food Safety Division
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  • Why does CFIA have so many secret documents?

    Posted: May 25th, 2012 - 12:10pm

    The sanctimony gets rich listening to self-proclaimed environmentalists or cost-cutters or advocates burning up carbon and racking up frequent-flier points to spread their gospel.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    24.may.12
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    barfblog
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  • NEW BRUNSWICK: Food safety course necessary, trainer says

    Posted: May 25th, 2012 - 12:07pm

    A food safety trainer in New Brunswick says a new course that will certify employees who deal directly with food is extremely important. The New Brunswick government will require any restaurant employees who deal with food to be certified as of July 1.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    24.may.12
    Source Title: 
    CBC News
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  • Risk-reward for Jimmy John's founder a case study in fluff

    Posted: May 25th, 2012 - 9:22am

    Restaurants are about making money. So is everything involved with food. It’s nice if that food is healthy – however that is defined at the time – and abundant and whatever other marketing spins are out there, but follow the money.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    23.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • Effectively communicating risks should lead to less risky food choices, not laws

    Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 5:30pm

    When it comes to social issues I'm a bit of a libertarian hippy. I've looked the part (big bushy beard and longer thinning hair); used to play ultimate frisbee (poorly); and, our first-born was delivered at home. I saw The Dead, after Jerry, but I never really got into Phish. The philosophy I've embraced around food safety is let people do what they want. Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
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    barfblog
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  • US: CEO of 'pink slime' firm visited White House

    Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 5:26pm

    The owner of one of the nation's top makers of the product critics dubbed "pink slime" visited the White House last year on a lobbying mission, according to a published report.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Politico
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  • Some Drs. don’t know food safety doodoo

    Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:53pm

    Generalizations are generally risky. But too often, celebrity doctors focus too much on the hypothetical and not enough on the things that actually make people barf. Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Dr. Mike Roizen, chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute wrote in a recent column that food safety is a big concern for North Americans.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
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    barfblog
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  • Limiting barf in bike races

    Posted: May 21st, 2012 - 10:28am

    This would be a stirring endorsement for the Yosemite Sam mudflap industry if they existed for bikes. But mudguards are readily available and are being touted by Norwegian and Swedish researchers as a way to reduce the risk of gastroenteritis related to bicycle races over courses with animal feces and mud.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • US: The changing culture (or lack thereof) in foodborne illness investigations

    Posted: May 20th, 2012 - 12:38pm

    Does rapid pathogen testing help or hurt?Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    17.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Leavitt Partners
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  • US: Meat processors need improved crisis communications: expert

    Posted: May 16th, 2012 - 1:00pm

    With more and more scrutiny around recalls and other crises that befall meat processors, companies need to have in place plans to not only correct the immediate problem associated with their products but also to better communicate their actions to the public.Additional Information

    Date Published: 
    14.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Meatingplace
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