Hygiene certification on France's restaurant doors: what does it mean?
Albert, our friend in France, has some things to say about restaurant inspections, the various certifications and what they really mean. Translation into English by Amy Hubbell. read more
View ArticleRestaurant lobby recycling: uses refuted arguments to say scores on doors...
After some nasty outbreaks, reports of filthy conditions, and a perceived disregard for food safety in Canberra, the home of all those Australian government types has decided to try and do something....
View ArticleSushi sucks: dirty dining at Nevada sushi bar
KTNV – Las Vegas’ news leader– reports that inspectors from the Southern Nevada Health District slapped the sushi bar at Osaka restaurant with a 38 demerit C grade.read more
View ArticleOHIO: Betty's restaurant to stay open under increased scrutiny
Betty’s Fine Food and Spirits will stay open after the Columbus Board of Health reviewed recent food-safety problems at the restaurant, many of which stemmed from equipment failure. Betty’s owner...
View ArticleSushi sucks: dirty dining at Nevada sushi bar
Las Vegas’ news leader – reports that inspectors from the Southern Nevada Health District slapped the sushi bar at Osaka restaurant with a 38 demerit C grade. read more
View ArticleNEVADA: Dirty Dining: Vegas Express Sushi
Las Vegas, NV -- Temperature is key when it comes to storing seafood. And that's exactly what got one Valley sushi spot in trouble with health inspectors. read more
View ArticleONTARIO: A year of records for food inspectors
WATERLOO REGION -- It was another banner year for Waterloo regional food inspectors as they conducted a record number of inspections, laid more charges and trained more people in food safety, according...
View ArticleTEXAS: Dallas debates restaurant inspection measure
Final vote expected in October The city of Dallas is one step closer to a new measure designed to clean up restaurant kitchens. An NBC 5 investigation in February found hundreds of restaurants had gone...
View ArticleNEVADA: Dirty Dining: The Artisan's Mood Restaurant
Las Vegas, NV -- When the health inspector smells something burning in the kitchen, you know it's not going to be a good day. It certainly wasn't for The Artisan's Mood Restaurant. When The Artisan...
View ArticleI wouldn’t want to eat there: Wisconsin city takes rare action in temporarily...
For the first time in more than a decade, city health inspectors in Appleton, Wisconsin, ordered a restaurant closed for unsanitary conditions earlier this year.And it was a China Buffet.read more
View ArticleNEW YORK: Restaurant inspection ratings to be posted
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Albany County diners will soon be able to learn exactly how clean and sanitary their favorite watering holes are due to a new law. Starting Sunday, county restaurants must post their...
View ArticleI wouldn’t want to eat there: Wisconsin city takes rare action in temporarily...
For the first time in more than a decade, city health inspectors in Appleton, Wisconsin, ordered a restaurant closed for unsanitary conditions earlier this year. And it was a China Buffet. read more
View ArticleNosestretcher alert: does washing lettuce make it safer? Do inspections make...
There’s some myths floating around New Brunswick after an outbreak of E. coli O157 was linked to the Jungle Jim’s restaurant in Miramichi. read more
View ArticleRestaurant inspections in Wisconsin town designed to protect business?
When the China Buffet in Appleton, Wisconsin (that’s in the U.S.) was closed by health inspectors last week, it not only marked the first time in a decade that local health types had closed a joint,...
View ArticleThe many colors of mold; Dirty Dining: Royal Persis in Vegas
Royal Persis on East Flamingo was recently shut down with 61 demerits; anything over 40 is immediate closure.KTNV reports the health inspector found "expired and adulterated" food and cautioned the...
View ArticleNosestretcher alert: cleanliness is not the same as safeliness; NYC...
In sports, fans and especially parents can get excited about a bad call by the referee/umpire/line judge whatever. As a coach, I would tell kids, let it go, one call does not make the difference; it’s...
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Hysteria? There’s a cure for that
Hysteria is what doctors used to diagnose in women who were, um, deprived?It lead to the invention of the vibrator.Maggie Gyllenhaal has a movie about it.read more
View ArticleServSafe certifies 5 million; no evidence it works
About 10 years ago, eldest daughter Madelynn got a job at a local supermarket.I asked her if she got any food safety training.“Yeah, we watched a video for 20 minutes, but we all forget that.”read more
View ArticleAustralian bakery fined $12K food safety breaches
The Canberra courts are on a roll, first convicting a cafe for serving Salmonella and now fining a bakery $12,000 for breaches of food safety laws.read more
View ArticleWhen you dance, I can really love, or keep your swap meet at the proper...
In the same way that Chapman owes me for introducing him to Neil Young in the 2000s, I owe it to my high school girlfriend, Sue Baker, for introducing me, in 1978. This was her favorite song.And if...
View ArticleWho are you? Seizures to avoid restaurant bills
I saw The Who in the summer of 1980, just before the first of their never-ending farewell tours, at Toronto’s Exhibition stadium. We’d stayed up most of the night before crashing on a friend’s lawn,...
View ArticleTwelve cafes and restaurants hit with closure in Ireland
“… There continues to be food business operators who put consumers' health at risk by not complying with their legal obligations for food safety and hygiene."Food business operators must recognise...
View ArticleRotting bear meat at Fredericton restaurant nets $400 fine
Eight months after rotting bear meat was discovered in a freezer at the Mandarin Palace Restaurant in Fredericton, New Brunswick (that’s in Canada), the owner has been fined $400 in court.read more
View ArticleTraining proposed for workers at restaurants that violate food-safety...
Food handlers should receive training if their restaurants and businesses repeatedly violate food-safety regulations, says a proposal to go to Ottawa’s board of health.Except there’s little to no...
View ArticleCanberra Clubs soften view on food safety disclosure trial
I’m still learning to speak Australian, so I’m not sure what the registered clubs lobby is, although I’m guessing it’s not something out of The Flintstones. Maybe it’s like the volunteer firefighters...
View ArticleName and shame holds Australian food service publicly accountable
There are a lot of problems with any restaurant inspection disclosure system like name and shame, along with the scores onread more
View ArticleNot much to see; why restaurants embrace the open kitchen
Sales of magical bacteria-vision goggles remain stagnant.Because they don’t exist.Time magazine (is it still printed?) breathlessly praises the open kitchen trend as a response to Big Food and fast...
View ArticleHundreds of dead roaches in Florida restaurant
Several hundred dead roaches in cabinets at the Mi Fiesta Mexicana restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, seemed like a good reason to close the place.read more
View ArticleDenver restaurant safety violations plunge as inspection fines rise
Food safety is a mixture of carrots and sticks, but is the stick alone cleaning up Denver restaurants?read more
View ArticleEx-Chicago contractor took bribes for food safety certifications, jailed for...
WLS reportsa woman who formerly worked as food inspector for the city of Chicago was sentenced to more than two years in prison Wednesday for taking bribes to obtain food safety certificates for people...
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