TV networks and reality shows tend to glamorize the life of the professional chef. One thing they don’t show is the toll that years of working in hot, stressful environments inflicts on hard-working professionals. We recently came across an article out of Canada that explores some of these issues, and we’d like to take a […]
You’ve worked hard and you’ve finally landed your first job as a food service supervisor. Congratulations! Now, the only thing left to do before you take on your new role is to make sure that you have the proper food safety manager certification required by the state of Minnesota. The Food Safety Manager Certification Training […]
The MN certified food manager’s biggest Halloween nightmare isn’t the monster under the bed or the boogieman hiding in the closet, it’s seeing a young guest sickened by contact with an allergen such as peanuts. On Halloween, many food-service outlets pass out treats to costumed children as trick-or-treating moves to popular business centers and local […]
Late in the month of September, customers of a grocery store in Michigan were warned about the potential of consuming food that had been handled by an employee who tested positive for Hepatitis A. Hepatitis A isn’t one of the most discussed pathogens, but the subject occasionally comes up in product recall notices and articles […]