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CDC analyzed cases of norovirus between 2009 and 2012 and found the vast majority–64 percent–of norovirus infections stem from restaurant contamination. Out of the 1,008 cases analyzed, 364 specifically cited food worker contamination as the cause, and 54 percent of those cases involved bare hand contact to ready-to-eat food.
Features: Environmental Sanitation Programs
How to best ensure control of environmental parameters via a thorough preventative maintenance sanitation program
Features: Hygienic Design for Processing Equipment
The best cleaning system and most effective sanitizers cannot work properly if the design of the equipment does not follow basic hygienic principles
A study was conducted to gain a better understanding as to how clean a facility needs to be for a gaseous chlorine dioxide fumigation to be successful
The outbreak of norovirus that sickened nearly 700 people—630 passengers and 54 crew members—on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas cruise ship in January was caused by a newer strain of the virus known as the Sydney strain, the CDC reported. The strain first emerged in 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
Determining which organisms to target, the risk evaluation, factors in a sampling plan, and the corrective actions
Features: Next Generation Pest Management
Greener services, scientific progress, and technical developments are contributing to the concept of ‘Next Generation’ Pest Management
Improving a program based on pest activity and trends can make all the difference between a successful pest management plan and an inefficient one
Avian influenza viruses continue to pose threats to human and animal health, and vigilance is necessary to prevent their spread through the food chain, officials at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations say in a warning issued last month in advance of the upcoming flu season.
Features: Keep It Clean
Sanitation will play a big part in FSMA implementation, requiring proper disinfecting practices to reduce microbial contamination on equipment and other surfaces