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Trader Joe's Salad Recall


Posted: 11/22/2017
  18.5 tons of turkey and chicken salad are under recall due to the presence of glass and plastic fragments. Trader Joe's urges customers to either return products to the place of purchase or discard them. The states affected by the recall are: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Arizona, California, Washington, Idaho, and Colorado. To....
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Thanksgiving Food Safety Tips


Posted: 11/21/2017
  Thanksgiving is an important holiday for many families. People travel from all over the country and even some parts of the world to be together and to enjoy Thanksgiving food. We want to make sure your Thanksgiving is a safe one so we've pulled together some Thanksgiving food safety tips.  To Do: Thaw your turkey in the....
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Spicy Food Helps Combat Cravings


Posted: 11/20/2017
  According to a study done in China, the consumption of spicy food helps reduce salt and sugar cravings. Scientists have discovered that people who consume spicy foods typically have lower blood pressure and they tend to intake 2.5 grams less salt in a day. To read more about the benefits of spicy food, click here to access an....
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Yorgo's Foods Recall Due to Listeria


Posted: 11/15/2017
  Yorgo's Foods hoomus and baba ghannouj are under recall due to possible Listeria contamination. The states affected by the recall include New York and New Jersey. The contamination was found during an inspection of the Manchester, New Hampshire facility. To read more about the recall or to get label information, please visit FoodSafetyNews.com here. ....
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Natural vs. Artificial Flavors


Posted: 11/14/2017
  Flavor chemists utilize natural and artificial flavors to make food taste the way it does. Flavor houses such as Givaudan create flavors for food that typically lose flavor through processing, packaging, or preserving. To read more about flavor engineering, visit CNN.com here. ....
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11-13-17 HRFoodSafe Newsletter


Posted: 11/13/2017
In this week's newsletter, we discuss our Thanksgiving dinner donations. We will be donating a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to a family in need with every private class booked this month. We also cover how to safely defrost a turkey and we include some delicious Thanksgiving recipes to spice up this year's Thanksgiving. To access the....
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HRFoodSafe Offers Two HACCP Training Options


Posted: 11/09/2017
  At HRFoodSafe, we offer two different Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) course options: the NEHA HACCP Basics for Processors and Manufacturers and the TAP HACCP Managers Certificate. Both courses are very informative and they are ideal options for anyone wishing to get HACCP trained and certified, but let's go into the differences between the two programs to....
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Meat and Poultry Products Under Recall


Posted: 11/07/2017
  Meat and poultry products from CC Kitchens LLC are under recall because the supplier skipped inspections. Approximately 269 pounds of meat and poultry products are affected by the recall. The items were shipped to retailers in Ohio. To read more about the recall, please visit FoodSafetyNews.com here. ....
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Nine Ingredients in Food That are Cringeworthy


Posted: 11/06/2017
  From flame retardants in soda to maggots in canned mushrooms, here are nine foods that have cringeworthy ingredients.  ....
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ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Versus ServSafe Food Handler


Posted: 11/01/2017
  The ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification and ServSafe Food Handler are two totally different programs. Most states require the ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification while the ServSafe Food Handler is considered optional training for staff members. Let's go over the program differences so that you can decide what training is right for your establishment. The ServSafe Food Protection....
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