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  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: More than 4,300 food outlets fined last year

    Posted: March 20th, 2012 - 5:45pm

    Sharjah -- The municipality of Sharjah fined more than 4,300 food establishments last year for selling poor quality products and for commercial fraud, a senior official said yesterday. The announcement was made after the Annual Report 2011 of the Food Control Section at Sharjah Municipality was published.

    Date Published: 
    20.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Gulf News
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  • Fake inspectors a problem in India too

    Posted: March 19th, 2012 - 1:14pm

    It’s not just the greater Atlanta-area where wannabies are trying to trade on the rock-star status of public health inspectors. In India, the Oshiwara police have arrested two men for allegedly posing as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials and trying to extort Rs 50,000 from a bakery in the area.

    Date Published: 
    19.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • COLORADO: Parker: Denver restaurateurs, public health agency disagreeing on violation enforcement

    Posted: March 19th, 2012 - 1:14pm

    There's been a food fight fomenting between local restaurateurs who say they smell a rotten egg in the health- inspection process and Denver's Department of Environmental Health, which says it's only enforcing the law.

    Date Published: 
    18.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Denver Post
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    Fake health inspector seeks free food in Georgia

    Posted: March 18th, 2012 - 9:14pm

    My Fox Atlanta reports that investigators in Fayette County say a bogus health inspector is going around to restaurants and threatening to conduct spot inspections. They say the man backs down if they agree to feed him for free.

    Date Published: 
    16.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • College paper pilfered after reporting on food safety, sanitation

    Posted: March 18th, 2012 - 9:13pm

    About 650 copies of The Unfiltered Lens, a student paper at the Community College of Rhode Island, have been reported stolen, prompting speculation the thefts may be a response to Lens reports on campus cockroach sightings and food safety violations.

    Date Published: 
    17.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
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  • TEXAS: How to make food inspections more useful? Make restaurants inspect themselves

    Posted: March 18th, 2012 - 8:54pm

    Pete Snyder knows a little bit about food-borne illness. In addition to earning a doctorate in Food Science and Safety, he owns his own company that helps retail food operations improve their safety. NBC featured him in the report that uncovered Dallas' failed code compliance system. He's the one that called the city's food inspection program bogus.

    Date Published: 
    16.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Dallas Observer
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  • SOUTH CAROLINA: Data update: 321 new restaurant inspection records

    Posted: March 18th, 2012 - 1:08pm

    We've added 321 records of health inspections for restaurants, bars, cafeterias and other eateries in Kershaw, Lexington and Richland counties to our restaurant inspection database. The inspections were carried out between Jan. 25 and March 9 by Department of Health and Environmental Control inspectors.

    Date Published: 
    14.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    The State
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  • OHIO: Inspections shut two restaurants

    Posted: March 14th, 2012 - 4:09pm

    Two Columbus restaurants were closed temporarily yesterday for food-safety violations. The city’s Board of Health voted to close Lotus Leaf, 1595 Georgesville Square Dr., and Mecca Market & Grill, 2256 S. Hamilton Rd., for three days. Once they reopen, both will face at least four months of frequent inspections.

    Date Published: 
    14.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    The Columbus Dispatch
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  • In poll, NEW YORKERS give high grades to letter grades

    Posted: March 14th, 2012 - 4:08pm

    Now those ABC’s have earned an A themselves. Despite the claims of many restaurateurs who have challenged New York City’s 19-month-old system of assigning letter grades for food safety, city voters have overwhelmingly endorsed the system in a new poll.

    Date Published: 
    14.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
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  • KANSAS puts food inspections online

    Posted: March 14th, 2012 - 4:07pm

    Leavenworth, Kan. -- It’s not Zagat’s, but the state of Kansas’ Department of Agriculture is now offering its own reviews of restaurants and other food providers across the state online.

    Date Published: 
    14.mar.12
    Source Title: 
    Leavenworth Times
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