by David Mikkola | Apr 30, 2024 | Food Safety, Food Sanitation, listeria, 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...
by David Mikkola | Apr 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Food Expiration Dates – What Do They Mean, What Don’t They Mean? Food products often carry a myriad of dates and codes that seem important. Many people have been guilty of reading them too literally and discarding otherwise edible food. Most people do not know,...
by David Mikkola | Apr 10, 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 | Mar 15, 2024 | blog, Food Safety, Food Sanitation, Uncategorized
This blog is about food sanitation but it’s also about food safety. This includes working safely. The attached poster may help workers know their rights and responsibilities. Another good source of labor rules is the State or National Labor offices....
by David Mikkola | Feb 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Food Safety Saves Money! It’s hard to believe but it’s true! While there are up-front costs in time, training and labor, the same food safety regulations which seem so frustrating will also save money in the long run. Here are a few examples: • Food Quality – (a) Food...
by David Mikkola | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
This blog posting discusses food service consultants, what to expect from a good one and how to sort them out when, as a food service manager, you need one. Just as in the case of teachers and attorneys, people joke about consultants. These jokes reveal a...
