Coloured chopping boards
Why waste a good red chopping board on meat only, when it could be used in a much more useful way…
10 foods to avoid while pregnant … and why
Pregnancy hormones can lower a woman’s immune system to the point that infections and diseases that she would normally fight off can have much more serious consequences. When talking about food poisoning, the two main culprits are listeria (Listeria monocytogenes) and salmonella. In Australia, one in ten cases of listeriosis is a pregnant woman, and […]
Protecting your customers from listeria
The news today is reporting a story about two people who have died from listeria infection. Ten people in total have been affected by this outbreak, which has been linked to rockmelons from a farm at Nericon in the Riverina in NSW. Every year in Australia, about 150 people are hospitalised with listeriosis and about […]
The “Ultimate” guide to hand washing techniques
Forget about 20 seconds, using soap and warm water. We wanted a video that demonstrated the “real” ways people wash their hands.
USE BY vs BEST BEFORE
There is a critical difference between “use by” and “best before”, and it is what is happening to the food as it ages.
A “check the toilets” reminder to find staff who don’t care about food safety
I recommend checking out the toilets of a restaurant to see if the staff care about cleanliness (and consequently food safety). When you complain and get fobbed off, however, that’s a totally different level. It doesn’t matter what rules you have in place if the culture is just wrong.
Where are you most likely to get food poisoning – how the media got it totally wrong
A report is currently being misquoted as saying you are twice as likely to get food poisoning from restaurants than from home. We tracked down the original report and discovered that’s not what it said. What did it say, and where are you most likely to get food poisoning?
The attention grabbing cloth
What can be more important than catching up with a friend at a cafe? It turns out the answer is “watching the waitress wipe down everything with a cloth”. Now what?
“Oysters Killed Patrick” now available at immersive theatre
Recently over a dozen people enjoyed “Oysters Killed Patrick” at Secret Cinema’s production of Moulin Rouge! It is an experience that they will remember long after the final song and really resulted in an explosion of colour and emotion the following day.
Hindsight won’t help South Australian Restaurants
With restaurants facing the consequences of the storms riping through South Australia, is there something that they could have done to help in the difficult decision of keeping or throwing stock away.