Over the course of a ServSafe managers career, he runs into temporary staffing issues. From covering staff vacations to filling in for employees who require an extended period of time off for personal reasons, supervisors must find a means of staffing their facility. Two of the most common solutions include granting overtime to key team […]
Over the past few years, our blogs, online food safety certification classes and food manager training sessions have covered many of the different causes and effects of food poisoning. Recently, researchers at Cornell University discovered a previously unknown effect of certain strains of Salmonella, namely its adverse effect on the body’s DNA. Salmonella and DNA […]
There’s a story floating around the food service community of a thermal coffee pot in which a server one day discovered the badly stained skeleton of a small rodent that had crawled in and died months or even years earlier. While we hope that this story is nothing more than a myth, it does bring […]
When food service managers order chicken for their facilities, they come across many different labels and distinctions. The labeling of chickens can be confusing with tags such as organic, cage-free and non-GMO floating around. This week, we’d like to briefly discuss the rules behind chicken labels and hopefully clear up some of the confusion. Food […]