A mobile food truck and a “brokered” food stand, both in Bellevue, WA, remain closed after being shuttered last month by Public Health. The Seattle-King County agency reports its most recent restaurant closure was Tacos
Continue Reading Food stands are latest challenge for restaurant inspectors
Food safety has made it with the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. The NCSL is the independent authority on the legislative bodies that govern America’s states and territories.
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Continue Reading NCSL helps make sense out of a maze of state food safety laws
A program launched Monday by the Kern County Public Health Services seeks to reduce foodborne illnesses associated with food trucks and street vendors while encouraging the public to report sellers who don’t have proper permits.
Continue Reading County wants public’s help with ‘Safe Eats on Kern Streets’
Food trucks in Los Angeles County are having a harder time than obtaining an “A” grade in restaurant inspections than brick and mortar locations or sometimes even sidewalk food carts. Those are among the findings
Continue Reading Food trucks with good food safety records hard to find in LA County
Chef Roy Choi eight years ago moved on to the mean streets of Los Angeles looking for customers in his Kogi Korean BBQ truck. In his rear window came a never-ending parade of food trucks
Continue Reading Retailers, even those on wheels, can take steps to prevent contamination
If you live Kansas City, you make it a point to know where your gloves are in February, even when a freakishly mild winter hands you a 73-degree Saturday like it did yesterday. I used
Continue Reading Beach Beat: The universal truth of gloves
Update: The E. coli O157 outbreak in the Seattle area linked to Mexican food served at farmers markets and from food trucks is now at nine confirmed and one probable case, according to King County
Continue Reading Update: 9 Confirmed, 1 Probable Case in Seattle E. Coli Outbreak
It can take more to ensure that food is safe on a food truck than at a brick-and-mortar restaurant, says Bob Kramer, a registered sanitarian who provides training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs. Kramer is
Continue Reading Food Safety on Food Trucks Called ‘A Little More of a Challenge’
Nobody can say the food cart movement has had it easy with state and local regulators and opposition from owners of brick-and-mortar restaurants. However, it’s been hard enough that a civil liberties law firm has
Continue Reading Study: Dining From Food Carts Just as Safe as Restaurants
For the first time, street food vendors in India will soon be required to meet a set of sanitation regulations, announced the government Tuesday. Street food is a popular option in India because it’s convenient
Continue Reading India to Implement Standards for Street Food
For the former law professor who came up with the idea, it just moves around some pieces on the board in the name of fighting childhood obesity. But for California’s fledgling food truck industry, it’s
Continue Reading Lawmaker Would Close California Schoolyards to Food Trucks
