New Food Safety Infosheet: Outbreak linked to Harbor Inn Seafood in Conover, NC affects over 125 patrons

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The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food businesses, is now available
Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Norovirus outbreaks on the increase North Carolina
– Infected people can shed large amounts of norovirus in their vomit and diarrhea.
– Norovirus can persist on common kitchen surfaces for up to 6 weeks.
– Most hand sanitizers are not effective at reducing norovirus from hands.
Food safety infosheets are created weekly and are posted in restaurants, retail stores, on farms and used in training throughout the world. If you have any infosheet topic requests, or photos, please contact Ben Chapman at benjamin_chapman@ncsu.edu.
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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.