There is a jingle the 99 Restaurants uses says there are 99 reasons why you always come back for more. Now I am adding a 100. Cleanliness. While other local chains serve up the same slimy greasy menus, the 99 has their staff clean them. I saw it in action. Each page was methodically cleaned [...]
Archive for May, 2009
99 Restaurant and cleanliness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 99, 99 restaurants, cleanliness, food safety on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Summer grilling and food safety
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged burgers, e.coli, food recalls, food safety on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s almost summer here in Massachusetts. We’ve had a couple of seasonably warm days and very cool nights. If you have the windows down when you drive, you can smell the cookouts, in backyards. Finally, after a miserable long winter, we can grill again.
Those hamburgers and hot dogs, potato salad and cole slaw make for [...]
Utah Salmonella Linked to Queso Fresco
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged e.coli, food, food safety, quesco fresco, salmonella, utah on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Food Safety alert
Public health agencies in Utah, in coordination with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, have been investigating a cluster of Salmonella Newport cases in which it appears that the common link is queso fresco, a Mexican-style soft cheese. Officials don’t believe the contaminated cheese is being produced or sold commercially. Epidemiologic investigations [...]
Major ground beef recall before holiday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blueberries, burgers, food recall, ground beef on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ground beef recall, almost 100K pounds. That’s a lot of burgers! Frozen blueberries recalled in Oregon and more!
I buy 94% ground sirloin burgers at my local butchers. They grind the meat in-house. That way, it’s not processed in a plant. Frozen ground burgers are a big convenience. It’s amazing that before a major cook-out holiday, there [...]


