Fruit compote juice linked to E. coli O157 outbreak at festival in Winnipeg

Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Juices have been linked to outbreaks in the past.
– Food handlers should be careful not to contaminate ready-to-eat or drink products.
– Wash and dry hands using soap, potable water and paper towels prior to handling foods.
– When storing food in coolers or fridges, keep ready-to-consume products covered and above items like raw meat that might drip.

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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.