Top Food Safety News

Food News Media released its third episode of “Big Picture Management,” a podcast series in partnership with the National Restaurant Association, today. The “Big Picture Management” podcast series is a partnership between the National Restaurant Association and Food News Media, publishers of QSR and Restaurant Management (RMGTmagazine.com). Listen to Part One Now! Host Blair Chancey, editorial […]

  The National Restaurant Association announced a month-long initiative to encourage restaurant and foodservice operators to participate in the 17th Annual National Food Safety Education Month (NFSEM) this September. The campaign focuses on the importance of food safety education and training, while continuing to raise awareness of the industry’s commitment to food safety.  This year’s theme, “Lessons Learned […]

Underscoring that it is the restaurant industry’s leader in training and certification solutions, the National Restaurant Association (www.restaurant.org) celebrated a milestone this month by providing its one millionth training class and exam administration. The Association has contributed to the success of the nation’s nearly one million restaurants and 13 million employees through its ServSafe Food Safety, ServSafe […]

Daylight Donuts and Ohio University selected HACCP Builder’s Food Safety Management System for their food safety compliance needs. HACCP Builder’s enterprise Food Safety Management System works from farm to fork. HACCP stands for hazard analysis and critical control point. The system delivers uniform corporate-wide food safety policy and execution directly to the individual staff level […]

U.S. Foodservice, one of America's leading foodservice distributors to restaurants, hospitals, schools, military facilities, and others, supports the FDA's vision of thinking and acting globally to protect the safety and quality of the nation's food supply, as outlined in the FDA's new special report "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality." In the report, the […]

Friday marks the deadline for California restaurant workers to comply with the California Food Handler Card law that was enacted in January to improve food safety. The law requires all of California’s 900,000-plus foodservice workers to receive food safety training and obtain a California Food Handler Card. The training can be acquired through the National […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a new strategy to meet the challenges posed by rapidly rising imports of FDA-regulated products and a complex global supply chain in a report called the "Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality." "Global production of FDA-regulated goods has exploded over the past ten years. In addition […]

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced two new regulations that will help ensure the safety and security of foods in the U.S. The rules are the first to be issued by the FDA under the new authorities granted the agency by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President […]

  Poultry industry associations urged the Obama Administration Thursday to classify federal food inspectors as “essential” personnel to avoid any interruption in the supply of poultry meat to consumers nationwide in the event of a federal government shutdown.    “Withdrawal of inspection services would be completely unnecessary and could cause havoc for our industry and […]

Shane’s Rib Shack’s founder and president, Shane Thompson, is scheduled to appear on QVC during its new gluten-free culinary broadcast Eating Gluten Free – Food & Cookbooks on March 23 at 4 p.m. EDT. Gluten-free hickory-smoked ribs made from Shane’s original recipe will be offered nationwide through QVC and QVC.com for approximately $67. The package […]

QSR is looking for industry-leading insights from chefs and culinary experts for its 2011 chef survey. Below is a list of questions and discussion prompts. Please respond to each question—two to three sentences each—and return the answers by March 25. QSR will run the best answers in its 2011 Chef Survey online on the homepage […]

  The recent tragedy in Japan will affect the global food supply–especially with seafood–but it also will provide an opportunity for American food suppliers and retailers to increase their market share, this according to Phil Lempert, a leading food industry expert.   "This might just be the event that triggers the reverse of our dependence on Asia for cheap foods," […]

A food compliance and risk management provider aims to help restaurants with the many requirements saddled on them by the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law by President Obama on January 4. TraceGains Inc. will help operators specifically with the requirements outlined in Section 301 of the Act, which lays out a […]

Togo’s Sandwiches, a West Coast chain with more than 240 locations, named Susan Koch vice president of finance. Koch, who has been with Togo’s since August 1997, was previously director of finance. “Susan has been a terrific financial steward and executive leader to Togo’s for 14 years,” says Tony Gioia, CEO of Togo’s Eateries. “She […]

Several product recalls rocked the foodservice industry last year, throwing food safety to the top of both consumers’ and operators’ minds. The recent passage of the FDA Modernization Act, which gives more power to the FDA in recalling foods, further reminded the industry that food safety compliance is a priority for any foodservice retailer. One […]

Winston Industries partnered with SMART Temps LLC to announce the release of the first integrated temperature management solution, Kitchen Data Systems, for the foodservice industry. Winston Industries Kitchen Data Systems, powered by SMART Temps, utilizes wireless technology to automatically document temperatures throughout the kitchen. Food temperatures are transmitted to an online Command Center providing accurate, […]

Kettle Cuisine, maker of refrigerated and frozen premium soups, chilis, chowders, and stews in both bulk and single-serving formats, received Level 2 Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification from the SQF institute. The SQF Certification is widely considered to be the food manufacturing industry’s most comprehensive certification. The SQF Institute is a division of the Food […]

The National Restaurant Association issued the following statement from Scott DeFife, executive vice president of policy and government affairs, regarding final passage of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act: "We appreciate the hard work of Congressional leaders to ensure this legislation represents meaningful improvements to the food safety system. The passage […]

This week marks Fire Prevention Week 2010, and two experts believe quick-serve operators should use this time to reevaluate the systems they have in place to prevent fires and fire damage.

Donna Garren will work closely with the NSF International’s NSF Davis Fresh team to verify safer, consistent produce practices.