Outbreak linked to cross-contamination and ill staff: Raw chicken was washed in the same sink as lettuce

Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– 75 ill with salmonellosis after eating at the Tenth Hole Tea Rooms in Southsea (U.K.)
– Salmonella found in pre-cooked pasta and dishcloths, staff tested positive
– Don’t wash raw meats. Salmonella and other bugs can be sprayed up to 3 feet away by washing.
 

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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.