What is foodborne illness? A foodborne illness, also known as food poisoning, is a sickness transferred to people by food or water. It is...

Many of you have been closed entirely for many months, some reducing capacity a lot and just doing takeout. If this sounds like you,...

Updated August 11, 2021 People love their fresh raw oysters, and there are many delicious ways to consume them. For example, you can go...

July 1, 2021 A - Great question! Yes, you can expect to see your inspector again soon. It will be a full in-person inspection with the...

Step 1 ↓ This is the opening page. Click on TRANSLATE WEBSITE. Step 2 ↓ This is the next window. Click HERE. Step 3 ↓ This is the next...

Hello. I did a search and found a very detailed booklet from Los Angeles Public Health Department, called Food Safety Tools For Success....

We were all taken by storm when Governor Brown announced fully vaccinated people were no longer to wear masks in public spaces, on the...

The statement ‘the buck stops here’ was made famous by President Truman. This was in contradiction to the more common phrase, ‘pass the...

Which one of these 'disinfectants' is approved for front of house disinfecting? If you guessed the Seventh Generation you are right! This...

The health inspector or the Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) is not inspecting your facility with the intent of finding...

Improper cooling of hot food by restaurants is a significant cause of foodborne illness. The Center for Disease stated that in the United...

Portland food carts vendors use approximately 60,000 disposable containers every month! That’s a lot of trash especially if Styrofoam....

The term biofilm may sound strange, but you have probably seen them more than you realize. The slime that grows in ice machines, the...

Reduced Oxygen Packaging (ROP) is when you remove or reduce the amount of oxygen in a package. The most frequent uses for this process in...

CDC has an on-line article in Emerging Diseases entitled Eating Dirt. The author explores the relationship of eating dirt and our health....

The Restroom Access Act is a law passed in several states that requires retail establishments that do not have public restrooms to...

During my inspections over the last couple of weeks, I have seen excess fruit flies and been asked how to deal with a fruit fly problem....

Class I mobile units are the only units not required to have handwashing. Class I units can only sell prepackaged foods and cannot even...

10/5/12 There is a new hot holding temperature, and it is 135°F. This is a five degree drop from the previous food code. The science has...

We all know a warm refrigerator is usually the most stressful thing we can come across during the day. I opened my restaurant with a...