An ill food handler causes nearly 50% of all restaurant-related outbreaks.
While the study is now a few years old, as reported by State and Federal Environmental Health Specialists:
Many restaurant policies concerning ill food workers do not follow FDA recommendations.
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Have you been to a restaurant and taken leftovers home? Did you leave them in the car for a few hours while running errands? How long did you leave them in the refrigerator before eating that delectable leftover?
Eight people died and 350 were admitted to a hospital from food poisoning yesterday in the United States. Over 40% of the time it was traceable to restaurants.
While environmental toxins, in our food, may catch attention, the real threat to our food safety, internationally, is microbiological.
Restaurant Employee Sickness Spreads Disease.
Restaurant Food Poisoning is caused 20% of the time by sick workers.
One of the DiningGrades.com Secret Diner questions is:
“Was the server/cook noticeably ill, have hand cuts, wounds or rashes? “
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