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Food Safety in Food Trucks – False Sense of Security
I met with the owner of a food truck here on Oahu recently and we talked briefly about food safety while they were preparing to serve food at a very popular event held every Tuesday near Downtown...
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What is it that restaurants don’t get about food allergies?
It amazes me that even today with all of the talk about food allergies, and all of the training on food allergies available to them food allergy incidents in restaurants still happen quite frequently....
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Food Allergy or Food Intolerance – There IS a Difference.
I was just sent an email from a reader asking what the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance was. After sitting and thinking about that question for a while it dawned on me that many...
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Fast Food vs. Food Safety
I started my food career working as a cook in a Burger King restaurant in Jonesboro, Arkansas over 25 years ago. In the 80′s and 90′s I worked for several other very large fast food chains including...
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Who Retains the Certificates?
I am often asked the same question regarding the food safety certificates. If the employer pays for the certification of the employee, can the employer refuse to give the employee the certificate they...
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Food Truck HACCP System
An email washed up on the beach today from Mike in North Carolina, with a question that I thought would be a good topic to post here, so with his permission here it is. The email asked if a HACCP...
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HACCP Manager Course Question
Another email washed up on the beach today from Jennifer over on the Big Island of Hawaii, with another good question. She ask why our HACCP Manager class requires that the participants already have...
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CFPM Need for States That Do Not Require It
An email washed up on the beach today from Brian from my old hometown in Arkansas, with a really good question. Brian asks, since his state does not require Food Protection Manager certification, why...
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Review: Pizza Hut – Kapolei, Hawaii
Last night I decided that I was in the mood for pizza. But I did not want just one kind of pizza, so I needed to locate a pizza buffet. I decided to visit the Pizza Hut in Kapolei, knowing that they...
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Food Safety – Clearly Not A Priority in Hawaii – Updated
Back in 2010 the Produce Safety Project report showed that Hawaii was leading the nation in foodborne illness related costs, at an average of 710 million dollars each year, have we really seen any...
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