Food safety is not just about working by the numbers, but there are a lot of numbers involved. Inspectors ask questions about food preparation methods and watch for things like how employees wash their hands, but they also add up the numbers.

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Officials from the municipality, police and health departments will meet next week to continue work towards a central database for food safety complaints.

By creating a central tracking system, the emirate’s hospitals would be able to reduce the impact of any food-borne infection outbreak, according to Dr Ali al Marzouqi, head of public health and safety at the Dubai Health Authority.

Food safety and hygienic practices utilised in the food service sector, restaurants, hotels and catering services play an important function in ensuring that safe food is available for consumption. Food hygiene is in essence, the practices involved in the business of healthy food production, thus ensuring the availability of safe food.

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 The U.K. Food Standards Agency had a busy day reminding consumers they are the critical control point when it comes to food safety and everything would be fine as long as they cooked things. Just cook it don’t cut it.

Don't call them "roach coaches" anymore. If the county Board of Supervisors approves a proposal suggested by health officials to apply letter grades to lunch trucks, Angelenos will have to come up with a new nickname for the popular mobile eateries. "Spic-and-span vans?" "Bugless buggies?" "Hygiene machines?"

DH News Service: reports that an 11-year-old white tiger Arya and four-year-old Minchu have shown no improvement after suffering from severe bout of diarrhea following salmonella infection after eating meat. This has forced veterinary doctors to change the course of antibiotics on Friday. Since the time they fell ill, both the tigers have not eaten anything.