by David Mikkola | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Policy (2) Policy Portion of Blog Food Safety Risk Factors and Their Importance This blog frequently discusses food safety risk factors, including time and temperature abuse, employee personal hygiene, cross-contamination, and inadequate cleaning/sanitizing. Readers...
by David Mikkola | Aug 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Calibrating Food Thermometers: Did You Know? The most important piece of food safety equipment is the probe thermometer. It will be essential to prove your compliance with the most common food safety risk factor: time and temperature control. It can cause more...
by David Mikkola | Aug 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Presentation1 Note: Please click on the text ‘Presentation1’ to view the pdf file – thanks In March 2024 I gave a presentation to the Michigan Environmental Health Association food meeting in Port Huron Michigan, about behavioral health and its...
by David Mikkola | Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Even the food service industry is not exempt from its share of cheats and criminals. While this blog consistently emphasizes the importance of food safety laws, this posting discusses another type of violation: misbranding and misrepresenting food products. Part One...
by David Mikkola | Jun 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Employee Food Safety Training: New Research This blog is always looking at ways to improve the effectiveness of employee food safety training. Many research studies report a significant improvement in the employee’s food safety knowledge but this does not translate...