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What is a point of focus during restaurant health inspections? There are 3 and they are... 1. Proper Time and Temperature Control 🌡️ Time and temperature control is one of the primary focuses during routine inspections because it directly impacts food safety. Perishable foods must be stored, prepared, and served within correct temperature ranges to prevent bacterial growth. Improper time and temperature control is a leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks. 2. Employee Hygiene 🧼 Another vital focus is employee hygiene, as food handlers are a direct link between the food served and potential contamination risks. Inspectors closely monitor whether employees are practicing good hygiene, which includes: wearing clean uniforms and appropriate hair covers, keeping jewelry to a minimum to avoid physical contaminants, and following hand-washing protocols with designated stations equipped with soap, warm water, and disposable towels. 3. Pest Control 🐜 No one wants to dine in a restaurant infested with pests, and neither do health inspectors want to see signs of pest control issues. Pests like rodents, insects, and birds can carry harmful pathogens, leading to contamination. Inspectors look for: signs of pest activity (droppings, nests, or live pests), well-sealed doors and windows to prevent entry, proper food storage practices that minimize pest attraction, and a clean and organized garbage disposal system. Check out the full article and access our free Restaurant Health Inspection Checklist: https://lnkd.in/gVN7g2Ae #FoodSafety #HealthInspections #FoodAndBeverage #Restaurants

Whether you're walking house to house tomorrow, handing out treats or hosting a party, let’s remember that Halloween food safety remains important — with these expert tips! 🎃 With all the treats and party foods going around, both parents/guardians and party hosts can take a few extra steps to keep Halloween fun and safe. 🔎 Check Treats Carefully Whether it’s homemade goodies or store-bought candy, examine packaging for any tampering. When in doubt, throw it out! ❌ Avoid Unlabeled Treats Parents—if it’s not labeled or has unclear ingredients, especially those that could trigger allergies, play it safe and skip it. Food businesses and hosts, consider clear ingredient labeling as a courtesy for peace of mind. 🧊 Be Cautious with Perishables If you’re hosting a Halloween party, keep perishable treats like cheeses, dips, and meats in the fridge until serving, and don’t leave them out for more than 2 hours (1 hour if it’s warm). Keep cold foods cold, and hot foods hot by using ice trays and warming dishes! 🧼 Practice Hand Hygiene Keep a hand sanitizing station near food areas, especially if you’re hosting kids and handling finger foods. Encourage little ones to wash up before grabbing treats. Let’s make Halloween memorable for all the right reasons by keeping it spooky *and* safe! Do you have any Halloween food safety tips to add? Share them in the comments. #Halloween #FoodSafety #PartyHostTips #TrickOrTreat

Exciting news! We’ve just launched our brand-new Food Safety eBooks Hub. 📚 It's a valuable resource designed to empower you with essential knowledge and tools for effective food safety management. And stay tuned, we’ll be adding more eBook content soon! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gkEzAYea

Is your business prepared to quickly respond to product recalls? The latest BrucePac meat and poultry recall is affecting over 11.7 million pounds of product with potential Listeria contamination being sold in stores such as Walmart, Target, Publix, and more. In light of that, as a food business, it's never too early to implement or audit and improve upon its traceability system. To support your efforts, check out these resources: ↳ Food Recall Template: https://lnkd.in/gzAY_KUg ↳ Food Traceability Log: https://lnkd.in/gzAY_KUg ↳ Ingredient Traceability Template: https://lnkd.in/gSCp_eRg And of course, if you're looking to digitize food safety in your business, the FoodDocs Traceability System helps you easily get compliant and stay recall-ready: https://lnkd.in/gcp6AchJ ✅ #foodsafety #fsms #traceability #foodrecalls

Thanks Business Circle for naming us Best Food Safety Management Software – USA 2024! We love helping businesses easily digitize their food safety systems while getting and staying compliant in the process. And we'll continue doing so in 2025! If you want to see how FoodDocs can support your food safety monitoring and traceability needs, visit our website! #foodsafety #fsms https://lnkd.in/gBnMah4t

5 Safety tips for holding hot food (plus a free hot holding food temperature log for kitchen teams). ⏱️ Reheat food quickly If you need to reheat food for hot holding, make sure it happens rapidly. Ideally within two hours. The faster it reaches the correct internal temperature, the safer it is. 🔥 Preheat hot holding equipment Never place food in cold or lukewarm equipment. Always preheat chafing dishes, soup kettles, and any other holding devices. Equipment that's not hot enough can promote dangerous growth of bacteria. ✅ Use the right equipment Not all equipment is built for long-term hot holding. Invest in gear like chafing dishes or specialized food warmers that are designed to hold food safely for extended periods. ⏲️ Allow proper stand time Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for food stand times. If none are available, allow at least two minutes of stand time for thorough heating. 🧑🏽🍳 Cook food to a safe cooking temperature before holding Hot holding equipment isn’t made to cook or reheat food. It’s designed to maintain safe temperatures. Always ensure food is fully cooked and steaming hot before putting it into the hot holding. Get your free hot holding temp log: https://lnkd.in/g9yTzbfB #foodsafety

Want to know one of the best daily practices you can start doing to elevate your business's food safety compliance? Verification. ✔️ Our latest newsletter goes into the benefits of food safety task verification (and how you can easily implement it). Read it below and subscribe if you haven't already! 👇 #foodsafety #fsms

Don't let unnecessary freezer burn lead to food waste. (Here are 7 practical prevention tips.) Freezer burn is most often cause by improper temperatures, improper packaging, or much too long storage times. But you can prevent freezer burn and maintain high food quality standards by: 1️⃣ Avoiding long-term freezer storage 2️⃣ Safely preparing food for freezing 3️⃣ Using proper freezing materials 4️⃣ Calibrating freezer temperatures 5️⃣ Keeping freezers open for as little time as possible 6️⃣ Avoiding thawing and refreezing food, rotating foods to reduce risk 7️⃣ Avoiding long-term freezer storage Our article also includes a free Freezer Prevention Tips poster for your kitchen team and covers related food safety topics such as: → What does freezer burn look like? → Freezer burn vs ice crystals → What causes freezer burn? → Is freezer burn safe to eat? → Can freezer burn cause food poisoning? Keep reading: https://lnkd.in/gJYf9q7A

Thanks to Acquisition International Magazine for awarding FoodDocs this year's Most Innovative Food Safety Software Company. From a fast HACCP Plan builder to an easy-to-use Monitoring and Traceability system, food businesses continue to benefit from our digital food safety system that helps keep: 🤝 Teams efficient and ✅ Companies compliant! Read more: https://lnkd.in/gAKcrzZ9

In the past 12 months, searches for "raw milk" and related terms have steadily risen, according to Google Trends. 📈 But interestingly... The most popular related queries (i.e., Top) indicate people are researching the potential benefits and where they can buy raw milk. While the queries with the biggest increase in search frequency (i.e., Rising) have been related to potential dangers of raw milk, its legal/illegal status, and deaths. On the topic of one of the most commonly pasteurized foods, our latest guide covers everything pasteurization: 🆚 Pasteurized vs unpasteurized ➡️ The pasteurization process 🦠 Bacteria that are killed (and not killed) by pasteurization 🔥 Types of pasteurization 🌡️ Free pasteurization temperature charts Check out the guide: https://lnkd.in/g6FCrt-T #foodsafety #pasteurization #rawmilk