StateFoodSafety Resources

Do you have questions? We have answers! With help from the Texas Department of State Health Services, we found out what it is you want to know most regarding food handler requirements. We’ve done the translating to Layman’s terms and we think you’ll want to see this. Here are a few things you should know […]

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well,” wrote Virginia Woolf. Our experiences surrounding food can determine what kind of day we have. For someone with a food allergy, dining out can be an anxiety-inducing experience. One wrong move from a server or chef could trigger the body’s security […]

How would you react if a customer requested an allergy-free order? Would you know what to do? More importantly, would your employees know what to do? You never know when one of the 32 million Americans with food allergies will walk into your establishment, and it pays to have well-trained staff ready to help them. […]

Once upon a time, there lived an 8-year-old girl and her best friend lived across the street. They were playing together one day when her friend offered her a pistachio. “They’re so good,” she said. The little girl wasn’t so sure. She’d seen those nuts before at her grandparents’ house and steered clear. Nuts were […]

On the morning of Tuesday, January 5, it was made public that Chipotle was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury due to its foodborne illness outbreaks—and the Simi Valley norovirus outbreak in particular—that have spread across the nation. This is certainly a landmark event in American food safety history and it puts the non-GMO, healthy-ingredient […]