Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc received praise for its handling of potential Norovirus infections at a Boston-area restaurant, as sick employees stayed home and the burrito chain quickly cleaned the restaurant. Shares of Chipotle fell as much as 6.1 percent early, … Continue reading
Scott Canon of The Kansas City Star writes in a good food safety feature, go ahead and eat out. Or eat in (edited excerpts below). Whether you dig into Mom’s casserole, feast on the local diner’s daily special or snarf … Continue reading
Nice to see my microbiological friends Linda Harris and Trevor Suslow, both of the University of California, Davis, mentioned in this National Geographic piece. Rachel Becker writes that Chipotle Mexican Grill has had a rough couple of months. First, a … Continue reading
Yes, I said it. Sure it was 4 a.m., I was talking with Joseph Erbentraut of The Huffington Post, getting ready for hockey, and didn’t want to deal with niceties. It’s been six months since the start of Chipotle’s food … Continue reading
It’s difficult to fathom Chapman as an expert of anything, except garbage goals in hockey and bailing his PhD supervisor out of jail (as all graduate students should do). I also hate being called an expert, but I know some … Continue reading
Susan Berfield of Bloomberg Business writes in Business Week that Chris Collins is a 32-year-old Web developer and photographer who lives in Oregon, just outside Portland. He and his wife are conscientious about their food: They eat organic, local produce … Continue reading
I had my go at Chipotle on Friday. Here’s some other views. Brian Sozzi of Real Money writes that from blasting McDonald’s and the fast-food industry on earnings calls, to a company spokesman e-mailing me all of the harmful ingredients … Continue reading
In The (Brisbane) Courier-Mail this morning: In 2013, at least 50 people, mainly children, became ill with E coli O157 at the Ekka. Follow-up in the form of a publicly released formal report following an investigation? Nothing. Queensland Health has … Continue reading
Ken Gruen, a retired Philadelphia restaurant inspector (“sanitarian”) who advises food establishments at Philadelphia International Airport told the Philadelphia Inquirer, “If the bathroom is kept in good condition – it’s clean, there is soap, there are paper towels, there is … Continue reading
To finish my tri-part Rolling-Stones inspired critique of leafy greens bullshit –outbreaks are only confirmed with direct testing and Bill Keene would be rolling in his grave — the Leafy Green Marketing Agency has done what all bureaucracies do: Made … Continue reading