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This Is What Best-By, Use-By, and Sell-By Dates Really Mean

March 13, 2019 by foodsafeguru

by Lisa Milbrand © Provided by Trusted Media Brands, Inc. cans expiration date aluminum Confused by “best by,” “sell by,” and “use by”? You’re not alone. In fact, a Harvard University study found that more than 90 percent of Americans throw away perfectly good food due to label confusion—resulting in 398,000 tons of food waste […]

McDonald’s accidentally served pregnant woman cleaning fluid instead of latte, manager says

August 1, 2018 by foodsafeguru

by By Kathleen Joyce | Fox News A woman who is 32 weeks pregnant with her third child ordered a latte from a Canadian McDonald’s but was instead served cleaning fluid in a cup. Sarah Douglas said she stopped by a McDonald’s drive-thru in Lethbridge, Alberta, while driving her son to a baseball tournament on […]

Food Safety for Infants after a Disaster

August 1, 2018 by foodsafeguru

Food Safety for Infants After a Disaster Breastfeeding Breastfed infants should continue breastfeeding. Formula Feeding For formula-fed infants, use ready-to-feed formula if possible. If using ready-to-feed formula is not possible, it is best to use bottled water to prepare powdered or concentrated formula. If bottled water is not available, use boiled water to prepare the […]

Chipotle shuts Ohio restaurant after reports of illness

July 31, 2018 by foodsafeguru

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.N) has shut a restaurant in Ohio following reports of customers falling sick after eating there, the burrito chain said on Monday. At least two customers wrote on food safety website iwaspoisoned.com that they suffered nausea and diarrhea after eating at the Powell, Ohio restaurant, but added that they had not […]

Chipotle CEO makes food safety top priority

July 31, 2018 by foodsafeguru

By Nick Giampia Chipotle is looking to put food-borne illness scares behind them, the leader of the fast-casual chain told FOX Business on Monday. We have over 70,000 employees that run all of our restaurants and really, the first place I wanted to spend some time, was getting into the restaurants to understand the whole […]

Suit says woman was assaulted and fired for reporting food safety violations at Publix

May 9, 2018 by foodsafeguru

By David J. Neal dneal@miamiherald.com A lawsuit by a former longtime Publix employee claims she was discriminated against, physically assaulted, then fired after she pointed out food safety violations in the store’s meat department. Tracy Aiken’s lawsuit, filed in Leon County Circuit Court on April 29, says she saw other employees at Publix’s Southwood Village […]

Fast-food employee spits on customer’s food in viral video

March 26, 2018 by foodsafeguru

By Alexandra Deabler | Fox News A Pita Pit employee in Missoula, Mont. has been terminated after a Facebook video showed her spitting on a customer’s sandwich. The video, which has since gone viral with nearly 300,000 views, was uploaded to Facebook shortly after the altercation, which is said to have taken place at 3 […]