According to the most recently published data by The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), restaurants continue to be the leading cause of foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States, causing 64 percent or more of outbreaks due to an infectious disease each year from 1998–2017 (CDC 2019).
Preparing for a Food Safety Crisis Requires Emergency Operating Procedures
November 22, 2021 via Modern Restaurant Management
According to the most recently published data by The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), restaurants continue to be the leading cause of foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States, causing 64 percent or more of outbreaks due to an infectious disease each year from 1998–2017 (CDC
2019).
According to the CDC, the majority of these foodborne disease outbreaks (as well sporadic cases of illnesses not associated with an outbreak) are due to primarily five major risk factors. These five foodborne illness risk factors are directly related to the processes of food sourcing, receiving, storing, preparation, reheating, holding, and food service within all foodservice establishments including restaurant businesses, and include:
Food from unsafe sources (e.g., sourcing and/or receiving unapproved (or continuing to serve recalled) ingredients/products, improper temperature and sanitary transportation, and/or date of expiration/improper proper storage issues))
Poor personal hygiene (e.g., employees working when sick with foodborne illness, and lack of barriers to cross contamination of foods by hands)
Inadequate cooking (e.g., not cooking foods to the required temperatures that will kill all pathogens)
Improper
holding/time and temperature (e.g., not holding foods at the proper temperature allowing for growth of bacterial pathogens and/or production of toxins)
Contaminated equipment/protection from contamination (e.g., not cleaning and sanitizing food contact surfaces, dishware, and food utensils, and the restaurant environmental surfaces that can lead to transmission of pathogens from high touch surfaces to hands to foods)
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