Food safety is a hot topic today and strategies to reduce food-borne illnesses are being debated widely in the industry. One of the more controversial discussions revolves around the elimination of ...

Regarding "The fight to bare hands" (June 28): For many years, Oregon has required that food handlers wash their hands twice: first in the restroom and a second time when arriving at their workstation ...

Staff at a downtown eatery following an inspection last week are reviewing hand-washing protocol before a reinspection. Routine restaurant inspections happen two to three times per year based on ...

An infected food handler has been identified as the most likely source of an E. coli outbreak at an Illinois high school that saw 16 students sickened and two hospitalized. A breakdown in hand washing ...