making food safer to eat – lessons from incidents in Europe

Fortunately for us, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States government have food safety programs that entail consistent, regular inspection procedures in place. The York Dispatch publishes inspection reports for eating and drinking places in York County each Saturday [Click here]; The Lancaster Sunday News publishes inspection reports each Sunday (and has a separate listing on its Website; all the establishments in the county (except those in Columbia Borough) are inspected and the results are listed on line. It is unclear why Columbia Borough persists in following its own food inspection program, using its own forms and does not make the reports available to the public except by right-to-know request.  

*These contaminated ingredients or single foods (belonging to one food category) were associated with 1/3 of the Salmonella outbreaks. †Other includes: Sprouts, leafy greens, roots, fish, grains-beans, shellfish, oil-sugar, and dairy. Source: CDC National Outbreak Reporting System, 2004–2008.

The recent contaminated food incidents in Germany and other European nations proves again the real need to learn more about food paths and safe food handling practices. This article from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides a vault of helpful, relevent information for you.  

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