Given the struggle of medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries in states including Washington, Oregon, and California, state regulators are struggling to put measures to public safety and marijuana edibles. California has passed the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act since the Read More …
Category: Food Handler News
Utah Subway Employee Allegedly Drugs Police Officer
A Layton, Utah police officer fell ill after ordering a meal at a Subway drive through location also located in the same town. The sergeant felt impaired and unable to brake correctly while driving through an intersection so he called the Read More …
Lunchables Recall in Utah and California
One of grade school students’ most beloved pre-packed lunches is being recalled in the states of Utah and California. The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that the Lunchables brand of packaged food mislabeled a batch of their product without Read More …
Idaho and Utah Sees Bacon Recall
Internal third party testing conducted by Daily’s Premium Meats found that a sample contained traces of listeria. There have been no reports of food-borne illnesses from consumers linked to this product but the manufacturer is urging that anyone in Utah Read More …
Washington Costco Chicken Salad Salmonella Source
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has reported that a Costco in Lynnwood, Washington is the source of a four person outbreak of Salmonella. The people confirmed to have been affected had symptoms of Salmonella show between September 2nd Read More …
Utah Food Trucks in Permit Limbo
Food trucks have been exploding with popularity in the United States the past decade or so. It provides food establishments another option for reaching locations they don’t have brick and mortar stores and access to more customers. However, the introduction of Read More …
Chipotle Settles with Customers from Washington and Oregon
The foodborne illness outbreak was a huge hit to Chipotle over the past year. With multiple outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, and norovirus in the mid-west and the east coast, Chipotle voluntarily shutdown all 40 or so stores from their Read More …
Arizona, California, Utah Affected by Tyson’s Recall
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a recall from Tyson’s Foods Inc., on over 130,000 pounds of precooked chicken nuggets that may have been contaminated by pieces of hard plastic. The “Panko Chicken Nuggets” were manufactured on July Read More …
Texas Mediterranean Fast Casual Aims to be Next Chipotle
You may not have heard of VERTS but they hope to be a household name within the next three years. Started by two MBA students just five years ago, VERTS is a fast casual restaurant that features Mediterranean foods. It Read More …
Texas Chain Food Handler Fired for Racial Slurs
A Sonic fast food location in Forth Worth, Texas has fired a food handler employee after it was found that he used racial slurs on receipts to identify a couple of customers. Instead of asking for the customers’ names, one Read More …