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Completing your food safety training is a huge step towards being always food safe, but we know that applying your learning in your workplace is how you can play your part in keeping your customers eating safely.
4 Ways to Optimize Your Restaurant’s Food Safety Checks
There are a lot of moving parts to running a restaurant, and one wrong move could mean you crash and burn. But with great restaurant management and proper systems in place, you can keep your kitchen on track for success. Here are a few ways to keep your restaurant kitchen running smoothly and efficiently.
Why Managers Need Food Safety Training
The food industry in the United States alone have a $55.5 billion food safety problem.
How to Dine Out with Food Allergies
In 2018, over 200 million U.S. consumers visited a sit-down restaurant. When considering that 4% of American adults have a food allergy, means dining out is difficult for many people. When you are not the one preparing the food, it’s hard to know exactly what’s in it. For people with food allergies, even a small trace of an allergen could trigger an allergic reaction.
Cross-Contamination and How to Prevent It
Cross-contamination is the nasty culprit behind many foodborne illnesses. That’s because pathogens can spread from food or unwashed hands to prep areas, equipment, or utensils. Even if the food is cooked correctly, meals can still be contaminated with pathogens if the prep process isn’t done properly. The CDC estimates that an average of 3,000 people die each year from foodborne illness so preventing such illness with proper food handling is of monumental importance.
Reducing the Risk of Food Allergy Reactions
Food allergies affect an estimated 32 million Americans and 5.6 million of them are children under 18 years old. There is no cure for food allergies. The best way to prevent allergic reactions is through awareness and proper labeling.
Food Safety and Child Care
As the school year winds down, many will be searching for summer childcare. While there are laws about food safety and child care, it’s not as widely talked about and regulated as the restaurant industry, even though children spread germs and illnesses faster than parents and caregivers can sanitize.
Liquorexam.com and Always Food Safe: The Ultimate Pairing
Liquorexam.com is an online server and selling training program that teaches employees to serve and sell alcohol legally and responsibly. Each state has different training requirements so their website provides a pull-down menu to see what training programs are available for your state. In addition to liquor handler training, some states require bartenders to have food safety training as well. That’s why Always Food Safe has joined forces with Liquorexam.com to provide food safety training along with their liquor handler training. By combining our services with Liquorexam.com, we’ve ensured hospitality customers get the best experience possible. Their beverages and food are safe.
Produce Food Safety
As the weather warms, we start to get excited about fresh produce, with people starting their gardens and farmer’s markets popping up. That said, chances are you’ll still purchase some of your produce at the grocery store and, as 2018 taught us, that can be risky. From tainted lettuce to sprouts, produce is an important part of food safety.
Weddings and Food Allergies
At some point in the wedding planning process, it’s pretty much guaranteed a bride will envision all the things that can go wrong. One scenario people tend to overlook is food allergies. According to Food Allergy Research and Education, an estimated 32 million Americans have food allergies, so the chances that someone attending your wedding has a food allergy aren’t far-fetched.