Houston’s north side presents a microcosm of terrible food safety risk communication messages in spite of contrary evidence.

As reported by Click 2 Houston, inspectors found bare hand application of icing to cinnamon rolls.

The corporate types responded: “Relating to the matter of the Inspection Report of Tuesday November 25, 2014 at Arandas Bakery #1, Arandas Franchises is reviewing the report to identify the details of the infraction. All employees are expected to follow proper Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP. Arandas Bakery upholds strict policies of food safety. This isolated incident is not a reflection of our business operations.  Given the importance we give our processes, we have continued to hire qualified individuals to implement and reinforce our standards. Our goal is to provide high quality baked goods every day to our consumers.”

Any front-line verification, or does the bakery expect lowly paid staff to be the critical control point for food safety?

The vp-types can talk all they want, but people have smartphones with video and cameras which makes it real easy to start reporting front-line infractions.