by David Mikkola | Jun 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Importance of Package Labels A case of botulism in Australia drives home the lesson: monitor those package labels carefully! This blog has previously posted articles about the importance of checking package labels. Here is another example of why this is so...
by David Mikkola | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Cleaning Up: Include the Smart Phone! Food safety consultants emphasize the need to keep monitoring lists, logs and schedules, for fear of missing an important area or concern. Cleaning schedules, for instance, should be constantly revised as audits show incomplete...
by David Mikkola | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Why are leafy greens such a risk? These foods did not receive special notice prior to 2009. However increased public demand for salads and sandwiches increased the food supply and use. Large muti-state illness outbreaks, spinach in particular, raised awareness of the...
by David Mikkola | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
(food transport list), Leafy Greens: The Cost of Food Illness Why are leafy greens such a risk? These foods did not receive special notice prior to 2009. However increased public demand for salads and sandwiches increased the food supply and use. Large muti-state...
by David Mikkola | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Checking Those Deliveries! Lead in Cinnamon The health effects of cooking with cinnamon are well known. So, it comes as a shock when the US Food and Drug Administration announces a recall of lead-tainted cinnamon products. While there are naturally occurring...
by David Mikkola | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Listeria Updates Recent articles published in Food Safety News (*) provide important information about Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria), how it causes foodborne illness and the importance of public awareness about the illness. These articles implicate smoked salmon...
