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4 Ways Temperature Monitoring Prevents Food Safety Problems

Five Guys – a Virginia-based restaurant chain famous for its fantastic handcrafted burgers and fries – takes food safety seriously. In an RFID Journal interview last year, Five Guys’ VP of Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Jim Gibson, describes how the chain decided to get ahead of the curve on temperature safety. He outlines a comprehensive program that includes third-party audits, automated…

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Benefits of Digitizing Food Safety Checklists

Imagine you’re one of the quality assurance personnel at your restaurant chain or food service establishment, and in response to a complaint or safety inspection violation, you need to look up the checklists within a certain date range for that store.
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How Digitizing Checklists Makes Compliance with the FSMA Easy

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is “the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years.” The law shifts the focus from responding to food and kitchen contamination to preventing it.

How Foodborne Illnesses Poison Restaurant's Business

Leading into 2014, Chipotle was on the rise, with performance rivaling fast casual giant McDonald’s. Then came the E. Coli crisis, in whose aftermath Chipotle’s sales cratered. Net sales fell by 95% in 2016. MarketWatch reports that “Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s food safety crisis cost the company three full years of earnings growth, according to J.P. Morgan analysts.”

5 Ways Your Old Restaurant Checklists Hold You Pack – ComplianceMate

Restaurant checklists sometimes get a bad rap. They’re regarded as tedious interruptions to the rest of the staff’s normal workflow; but the truth is, they’re powerful tools for running a successful restaurant. They guide employees – regardless of experience or training – through otherwise complex tasks in a consistent, reliable manner that can be tracked by managers and owners. That said, it’s…

The Food Safety Lifecycle – How Restaurants Keep Food Safe to Eat at Every Step

Five surprising problems that can cause temperature monitoring fails all listed in this blog post. How many of these problems is your business facing with? Read more.
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