Most interesting point to me here - I didn't know about the 2002/2003 study: "A 2002-2003 study found that nearly two-thirds of restaurant-based outbreaks were caused by sick workers. About one-third were caused by employees touching food with their bare hands."
Great article here by Stephanie Strom.
Cool site - lists all 'outbreaks' - the site state: " To be included in outbreakdatabase.com, the outbreak must have supporting documentation from public health agencies, journal articles, media reports, etc. Names of stores, brands, restaurants, or other sources are listed if they have been publicly identified previously." I skim read couple of articles - Interesting point is that in at least some cases where there is an identified proven issue with a location for a given date/food item- not every person in the group will get food poisoning. For example in this case only 75% of the boys (who had the same dish: tacos) got ill:
Fast food workers took to Reddit to name the menu items they absolutely would never eat, and it's a fascinating and somewhat disturbing read. So far more than 9,000 comments have been posted by (alleged) former and current employees. I just stumbled across it - link
Cantaloupe farmers!
Forbes Magazine - Huffington Post -
Link . 2012 US "Facts at a glance": $660.5 billion: Restaurant-industry sales projected for 2013. 980,000: Number of restaurant locations in the United States. 4%: Restaurant-industry sales share of the U.S. gross domestic product. $1.8 billion: Restaurant-industry sales on a typical day in 2013. 13.1 million: Number of restaurant-industry employees. 47%: Restaurant-industry share of the food dollar. 93%: Percentage of eating and drinking places with fewer than 50 employees.
Some interesting research papers , including research on consumption and access to healthy and affordable food.
According to our ongoing survey - only around 25% of people who believe they have food poisoning go to a doctor, 75% tough it out. So it's possible the number of people sickened from Listeria is even higher. Other point in the article is that there are some potential improvements coming in regs, sounds good.. : "The Obama administration proposed in January the first major regulations from the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act, which was to be the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. food oversight in 70 years when it passed. The is developing the rules aimed at keeping people safe from listeria."
Surprised by these stats, I always check the use by & 'best before' dates.
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