There’s no shortage of food safety press releases, repeated and regurgitated using funky new media tools; there is a shortage of evidence-based, incisive approaches that challenge food safety norms and may eventually lead to fewer sick people.
Some public health types have long argued there is no point in making outbreaks of foodborne illness public – through media disclosure, for example – when the outbreak has passed or the food is gone and there Continue reading
Brae Surgeoner, Doug and I had a paper published in the September 2009 Journal of Environmental Health about some research we conducted in the Winter of 2006. The study came about because a whole bunch of kids in the University of Guelph’s residence system started puking from an apparent norovirus outbreak
Food safety researcher and talk-show host Jon Stewart got it right back in 2002 when he said, “If you think the 10 commandments being posted in a school is going to change behavior of children, then you think “Employees Must Wash Hands” is keeping the piss out of your happy meals. It’s not
This is what I sent out to all the previous subscribers of my various listservs over the years. I’m grateful for all the support I received and still pissed that the University of Guelph just scooped up the leftover money for their paper clip fund. Seriously, I left $140,000 that all you great supporters provided for news, and Guelph just sucked it up
iFSN: Hand sanitizer fact sheet15.dec.07International Food Safety NetworkAndrew Stormer foodsafety.ksu.eduWhat are alcohol based hand sanitizers?The term hand sanitizer encompasses many types of gels, wipes, foams or liquid solutions. These products typically contain ethanol, isopropanol or n-propanol in concentrations ranging from 40 to 95 per cent
Hoja Informativa de la Red de Seguridad Alimenticia: Lávese las manos y prevenga el NorovirusThat means that iFSN has started a trial translating weekly food safety infosheets into Spanish. They will be available at http://fsninfosheetsesp.blogspot.com/.Let us know what you think:bchampan@uoguelph