Pics from the road

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Being a bit of a food safety geek, I’m all about stops/pictures related to famous food safety events. 

Two from this week:

Note the ironic driver safety sign "Safety is our #1 concern" on the Odwalla truck. Odwalla was linked to a 1996 E. coli O157 outbreak associated with unpasteurized juice.

We also filled up at a Sheetz gas station.  In 2004, Sheetz was at the centre of a Salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes.

A couple of iFSN commentaries where these outbreaks are discussed can be found here:
Odwalla

Sheetz

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.