The month of December is traditionally the busiest month of the year in the food service industry. But it’s followed by January, which has the notorious reputation of being the slowest. While at first, the post-holiday season slump is a pleasant break from the non-stop holiday pace, MN certified food protection managers – CFPMs soon begin to […]
In the very first “Safe Food for Thought”, a blog for certified food protection managers, published on October 30, 2015, we discussed the importance of keeping up to date on food product recalls. As part of that new platform, we included a US foodsafety.gov fed streaming Food recall alert. This feature provides real-time notices of […]
The ocean waters are getting colder, which ushers in the prime season for live mussels from Penn Cove, Washington, North Atlantic clams, or fresh Virginia oysters. The import of live and fresh shellfish can raise ServSafe MN questions, such as how to keep shellfish alive during the storage of these seasonal catches. Fresh Shellfish Storage […]
Typically, we don’t feel it necessary to cover food safety issues emerging out of Europe. Still, this Christmas story from the Netherlands that broke on December 6th may be too crucial of a warning for MN CFPMs to ignore! For those who do not know, December 6th is Saint Nicholas Day, and on this day, […]