Biology Experts: Your Seafood Feels Pain Too

Imagine trading places with a crustacean that’s going to be dunked in a boulder of boiling water. Not a pretty sight, is it? But while food safety principles encourages you to be hardcore about killing pathogens in food with extreme temperatures, you may want to think this one through. Especially when it comes to your seafood.

Preventing Foodborne Illnesses from Getting Into Your Table

Keeping your family safe isn’t just the government’s responsibility to you. Thanks to the Center for Disease and Prevention, the agency in charge of monitoring and preventing outbreaks and epidemics, you don’t have to look further for resources on food safety and how to keep your family safe from foodborne illnesses.

Food Safety and Handling on Memorial Day

Giving importance to food safety and handling on Memorial Day is not something a lot of people think about. But as most of you may know, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer and is usually a festive time for barbeques, cook-offs and camping. A lot can happen outdoors and it’s not far from possible for perishables like meat and veggies to be mishandled or to go bad.

What Liquor Should More People Know About?

Ever wonder what your local barkeep or restaurant manager would really like you to drink when you order one? Of course, you’re not in the know or if you don’t have the related certification (i.e. Learn2serve Alcohol License). Read on to learn about some of the underdogs of alcoholic beverages that made it to our list:

California Rejected Genetically Engineered Food Labeling

Californian state voters rejected the Proposition 37 or Prop 37 by 55 to 45 percent which is according to Foodie Cess Adventures, "is The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act which will require manufacturers to label all food items that contain genetically engineered ingredients." she continued, "It also includes prohibition of using the word "Natural" in a food label. Organic foods that are certified would be exempt."

The Golden State decided that they don't need labeling food GMOs in the products they buy and eventually eat. It was the least expected result and truly a reversal when it started with two-to-one support. 9 out of 10 Americans are known to support GE food labeling according to Food Safety News, a known news source of all things Food Safety.

Spinach E. coli Outbreak in New York Rises To 19

According to FoodSafetyNews.com, an authority news website that tackles topics about food safety, 19 New Yorkers are sickened which is linked to the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak from a spinach salad mix purchased at Wegmans stores. The incident was confirmed by the New York State Department of Health last Friday.

Survey Spotlights Public Perceptions of Food Safety

From the get-go food safety has been all about food handling and food preparation. But in case some didn’t get the memo, the International Food Information Council Foundation in 2006 endeavoured to track food-safety practices in the U.S. population amid growing food-safety incidents and outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.

TABC to Deploy Apps vs. to Excessive, Underage Drinking

 

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) is set to put a damper on traditional alcohol-fueled revelry on Texas beaches this spring break, but parents and the public in general aren't complaining. The potential showstoppers (for college students, at least) are two apps being developed for the TABC: an app that will help alcohol-imbibing users to gauge their motor skills; and an app that will allow anyone to file a complaint with the TABC against an establishment suspected either of serving alcohol to a minor or of over-serving alcohol.

Survey Spotlights Food Safety Views, GMA Recruits More Food-Safety Experts

From the get-go food safety has been all about food handling and food preparation. But in case some didn’t get the memo, the International Food Information Council Foundation in 2006 endeavoured to track food safety practices in the U.S. population amid growing food-safety incidents and outbreaks of food-borne illnesses.

Because proper food and food-product handling is essential in preventing food-borne illness outbreaks, many restaurant owners now require a food handlers license card or a Learn2Serve food safety certification license as a hiring requisite. Unfortunately, weak links still remain in the human food-supply chain.

Food Safety Tips for Pregnant Women; TABC and Spring Break

Eating out means eating right. In the midst of food recalls and multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks, the injunction has never been truer—especially for pregnant moms, who must be particularly careful of what they eat because of their compromised immune systems.

That is not to say of course that moms should stop going to Taco Bell or KFC (most restaurants now require a food safety certification or a food handler certification as an employment requirement) and make do with home cooking all nine months.