High-end grocery store closed over insect infestation

Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Pest control in the food business is important; be extra vigilant with hygiene and storage practices
– Don’t just employ temporary measures to eliminate the pests; spend time to correct the reasons behind the infestation.
– Holidays are often time of year when large quantities of food will be bought in bulk resulting in additional places for pests to hide.
 

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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.