Food safety cleanup

Fancy food ain’t safe food, Bristol, UK edition: It is one of Bristol’s most popular restaurants – but because of paperwork issues, the Cowshed steakhouse has had its food hygiene rating dropped from a 5 to a 2, but the owners are confident the issues are not food related and have great procedures in place.

butterscotch-waffle A pub in Bedford, UK was fined over £15,000 for poor food hygiene after health types identified unfit food on the premises, poor standards of food hygiene and cleanliness and was failing to implement an effective food safety management system.

 A Leicester, UK food wholesaler was closed down on the spot after six dead mice found during a routine inspection. Prosecutor Tanya Summers told Leicester Magistrates’ Court how the officers had found mouse and pigeon droppings on food.

 A Waffle House in Newton County, Georgia, failed inspection with a 56 for clean utensils stored in a greasy drawer, concerns about contamination as an employee cracked an egg and then touched cheese, soda nozzles with mold like substance buildup and cold held potentially hazardous foods not maintained at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below. One custumer who eats there regularly said, “I never had anything that was bad,” while HQ said, “We take food safety very seriously in all of our restaurants and have systems in place to keep our customers safe. We are embarrassed that we have let our customers down at this location. We are working diligently to correct all the issues.”

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time