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Dairy Queen employees post videos of unsanitary acts on Facebook

Posted: January 23rd, 2008 - 8:32am

Kids goofing off at work were found out after they posted videos of their antics on Facebook. To find out what exactly they did download this week's infosheet.

Categories: Wacky and Weird | Comments
Ground beef and patties recalled due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination

Posted: January 17th, 2008 - 2:54am

5 ill in Wisconsin and one in California linked to burgers produced by Rochester Meat Company. The ground beef products subject to recall were shipped to distributors for retail to restaurants and food service institutions. Cook hamburgers and all ground beef to an internal temperature of 160F or 71C.

Categories: E. coli | Comments
Be appropriate in the kitchen

Posted: January 9th, 2008 - 9:01pm

Practice good hygiene, know the risks involved with the dishes you are preparing and know how to control them. Staff at a San Antonio restaurant learn valuable lessons from a poor score by the health inspector. An outbreak of Salmonella linked to a restaurant in Leola, PA is a reminder for food handlers that foodborne illness is something to think about.

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Keep dangerous E. coli off the plate

Posted: January 3rd, 2008 - 5:00am

First Infosheet of 2008. Happy New Year from the iFSN!

Categories: E. coli | Comments
Avoid the runs around the holiday

Posted: December 21st, 2007 - 8:18pm

Over 25 people in Hamilton Ontario, have become ill from norovirus after eating at a McMaster University holiday party catered by East Meets West Campus Bistro.

Categories: None | Comments
Food outlets in Ireland closed over cockroaches

Posted: December 5th, 2007 - 8:53pm

Cockroaches are causing problems in Ireland this week in the iFSN infosheet.

Categories: Restaurant Inspection | Comments
2006 Norovirus outbreak in Michigan restaurant left 360 ill

Posted: November 29th, 2007 - 12:03am

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Categories: Norovirus, Restaurant Inspection | Comments
Study suggests that restaurant lemons wedges may be loaded with bacteria and viruses

Posted: November 23rd, 2007 - 10:56pm

It may come in tea, water or a wheat beer, but is it safe? The safety of lemon wedges has come into question in a new study, read about it in this weeks infosheet.

Categories: Restaurant Inspection | Comments
Two Salmonella outbreaks hit North American restaurants

Posted: November 14th, 2007 - 6:01pm

Outbreaks of Salmonella hit two restaurants recently. Find out where and who got sick in the latest edition of iFSN's Food Safety Infosheet.

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Salmonella closes Minnesota Quiznos

Posted: November 8th, 2007 - 9:21pm

This week's infosheet is about a recent Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota.

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Chocolate recalled after nuts contaminated with Salmonella

Posted: November 2nd, 2007 - 4:12pm

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Thousands potentially exposed to Hepatitis A virus at Calgary McDonald's

Posted: October 25th, 2007 - 7:47pm

A food handler at a McDonalds in Calgary with hepatitis A may have put people at risk around the area. Diners at the fast-food outlet from Oct. 1 to Oct. 23 may have been exposed to virus that can cause liver disease.

Categories: Hepatitis A | Comments
Use a thermometer to make sure food is safely cooked

Posted: October 18th, 2007 - 3:48pm

This week's infosheet covers the only true way to tell if your meat is cooked to the proper temperature.

Categories: Thermometers | Comments
Wash your hands and stop norovirus

Posted: October 10th, 2007 - 10:20pm

An outbreak of norovirus in Pennsylvania is the focus of this week's infosheet.

Categories: Norovirus | Comments
Restaurant fined over bacteria

Posted: October 3rd, 2007 - 5:56pm

This week, a restaurant down under has been fined for serving unsafe food. To find out why the food was unsafe download this week's infosheet.

Categories: Restaurant Inspection | Comments
Buffet worker stomps garlic with boots

Posted: September 26th, 2007 - 3:18pm

Garlic can be a difficult ingredient to deal with. It is quite hard, and needs to be minced up, so not to get a huge chunk of garlic in your mouth. However, one food handler in particular is having issues deciding how to mince it.

Categories: None | Comments
South Reno Nevada restaurant Jazmine reopens after Salmonella outbreak

Posted: September 18th, 2007 - 2:42am

An outbreak of Salmonella at a Nevada restaurant is the focus of this week's infosheet. An infected food handler is thought to be a possible source of the outbreak.

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Bizarre lawsuit settled involving NASA, nasty food & chef "Dirty Finger Al”

Posted: September 7th, 2007 - 3:37pm

A lawsuit against NASA's Kennedy Space Center has been settled. The lawsuit was in response to poor hygiene practices among the food handlers in the Space Center.

Categories: None | Comments
Washington state Salmonella cases connected to Arby's

Posted: August 30th, 2007 - 6:57pm

Seventeen people are sick with Salmonella in Washington and officials believe most, if not all, of the cases are connected to a dirty slicer at a local Arby's.

Categories: Salmonella | Comments
Norovirus is a problem for the food service industry

Posted: August 23rd, 2007 - 6:05am

A norovirus outbreak at a Hilton hotel hosted event last month shed more light on whether or not good hygiene is being practiced among food handlers.

Categories: Norovirus | Comments

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