State Health Departments Food safety compliance inspections of food service establishments are performed by local state health inspectors to prevent the possibility of foodborne illness ourbreaks, to educate food service staff about safe food handling practices and basic sanitation requirements, and to enforce food safety regulations. Most food service establishments fear the unannounced inspection. It [...]
Dispensing Freezers, also known as soft serve machines, dish out over 188,000 jobs across the United States annually. An OSHA violation carries a max penalty of seven thousand dollars. The real damage to a fast food establishment is it's reputation. Work place hazards related to manually cleaning dispensing freezers may include; handling sharp hardware, repetitious [...]
Welcome to The Cold Truth, a food safety news blog brought to you by the team at Idea Boxx. Our Medical Director, Dr. Gary Russotti MD, MS, FACS will provide weekly articles on the cold, hard truth about everything that's going on in the ever changing food safety domain. Idea Boxx invites you to learn [...]
