For the past couple of years many of my talks have had a social media component to them. Folks want to know what’s going on but aren’t exactly sure how jump in. By going into the literature around social media … Continue reading
The interview and podcast I did with Ken Burgin of Hospitality Magazine in Australia are now up. The podcast is available at https://barfblog.com/2014/06/no-barfing-better-food-safety-management-in-kitchens-and-restaurants-podcast/. The story is available below: “The interested public can handle more, not less information about food safety. … Continue reading
I sleep at weird hours. There’s a lot of things to be seen in the middle of the night. Like all the food service trucks arriving at restaurants. Do consumers know where their food comes from? Do restaurants? These are … Continue reading
As New York City somewhat quietly enacted its first paid sick leave law on April 1, wedding guests and eight serving staff at the exclusive Northern Club in Auckland, New Zealand fell sick in a suspected norovirus outbreak. The wedding … Continue reading
Food Safety Talk, a bi-weekly podcast for food safety nerds, by food safety nerds. The podcast is hosted by Ben Chapman and barfblog contributor Don Schaffner, Extension Specialist in Food Science and Professor at Rutgers University. Every two weeks or … Continue reading
While making a recent pilgrimage from Raleigh to Southern Ontario (and back) via minivan I saw a bunch of dirty restrooms. One was so bad (right, exactly as shown) that Dani made us go to the next exit; things almost … Continue reading
Another feature of the annual golf trip to Newport News, Virginia, was at least one dinner at Golden Corral. Golden Corral is a chain restaurant that encapsulates the essence of American excess, specifically, endless, cheap food. The golf trip organizer, … Continue reading
Microorganisms don’t discriminate; just ask the 550 diners who got sick with norovirus at Heston Blumenthal’s fancy pants Fat Duck restaurant a few years ago. Sarah Elton, whose new book Consumed: Food for a Finite Planet will be published in … Continue reading
Five cases of locally-acquired Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection have been reported in British Columbia this year. In 2011, 42 cases of Vibrio were reported. Continue reading
Plus de 220 personnes sont tombées malades en raison de norovirus lors d’une competition de pom-pom girls.Deux cent vingt neuf personnes sont tombées malades et au moins 33 personnes ont consulté un médecin après avoir eu des symptômes de maladie gastro-intestinale suite à une compétition de pom-pom girls dans l’État de Washing Continue reading