Browsing All Posts published on »July, 2009«

Best in Show and Food Safety

July 16, 2009 by

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One of my favorite no brainer movies is Best in Show. I can only watch it now since just the word “dog” will put me into a sneezing frenzy. There is a character in the movie with a Bloodhound from a town called Pine Nut. He drove his mother crazy by alphabetically naming all the… [Read more…]

General Mills and Potential Salmonella

July 16, 2009 by

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Our colleague, Bonnie Tandy Leblang, from Bite of the Best, asked me to check on a potential problem with Pecans. It seems that she received a product from General Mills that had been recalled the Nut Lovers variety of Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters as some of the pecans may be tainted with Salmonella. She… [Read more…]

Fuddruckers and Food Safety

July 13, 2009 by

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Hats off to Fuddruckers and their commitment to food safety. Having lunch with my elderly mother can be tricky at best, Today’s experience was above par. From the time we were greated by the cashier to the finish of our delicious hamburger special the meal was exemplery. The manager took the time to explain that… [Read more…]

US Food Safety’s purpose

July 13, 2009 by

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US Food Safety.com launched in November 2008. The blog shortly after and in December 2008, the alert service began on food recalls and food safety isssues. In January 2009, we began on Twitter, got shut down when we maxed out at 8,000 followers in one day and resurfaced as Food Safe Guru. US Food Safety… [Read more…]

Godiva Praline Crunch recall

July 11, 2009 by

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Back in the day, Godiva retail stores gave  out one free sample.  The counter person let you select your piece of candy and, with food safety rules, handed it to you in a piece of wax paper.  If you really had willpower the candy would last maybe 30 seconds. I can still taste that single piece… [Read more…]

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