Knowing the correct answer for a food safety certification test is not the same as knowing how to properly use a food thermometer. On-site follow-up training ensures that classroom learning is
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David Walpuck
David Walpuck is a native of Tarrytown, NY. He is a certified professional in food safety (CP-FS) from The National Environmental Health Association, an administrator for The National Registry of Food Safety Professionals and has twenty years' experience in operations, auditing, consulting and teaching. He is also the author of the book "Contaminated: Negligence in Food Safety" and has a new book, "What Consumers Should Know About Food Safety" scheduled to publish May 2, 2016.
Don’t let birds of any feather flock together in your food facility
Birds are a beautiful thing of nature and should be respected and admired. However, they do not belong inside foodservice operations or any other food facilities. Their search for food and a comfortable harborage area,…
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Preventive Equipment Maintenance: A Food Safety Priority
Most everything these days is so after-the-fact and, in some circumstances, a fire drill. Proper communicating, planning and budgeting are necessary when it comes to equipment maintenance, replacement or purchasing. Everything from small wares, such…
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Beware of the Substitute
In the food industry, there are many instances where substitutes are used for a variety of purposes. Whether it is forced or by choice, the need to fill the exposed gap will have to get…
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Ice: The Overlooked Product
Ice is food.
Some food service operators and their employees take that fact for granted. They don’t take proper precautionary measures to handle the product properly or the necessary preventive maintenance measures to ensure that …
Proper Communication: A Food Safety Priority
It’s all about the “buy in.” People need to believe in what they are doing, what makes it important, and have the knowledge to move forward in a positive direction. Here are some basic suggestions…
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Temperature Logs: A Misunderstood Liability
Log documentation involving temperature is a necessary tool in any food processing environment. Whether it is cold holding, hot holding, cooking, cooling, refrigeration, freezer or time controlled, temperature logs not only shed a light on…
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Here Comes the Cold Weather — and Mus Musculus
For much of the country, as the temperatures drop, there is increased activity of mice to find a harborage area. For any food operation, or homeowner, for that matter, this means an increased potential of…
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Food Safety Education vs. Reality
With the new school year fast approaching, it should be a reminder to take the time to properly train and educate food handlers about food safety. Not only just to pass the test and get…
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Condensation: The Liquid Enemy
Whether it is dripping from a refrigeration fan unit, beading on the interior packaging of an improperly cooled ready-to-eat food, causing rust on metal food contact surfaces of equipment or directly on frozen raw shrimp,…
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