Ecolab Partners with Nation’s Restaurant News to Host Sixth Annual Food Safety Symposium
October 10 2011 - 10:38AM
Business Wire
Ecolab continued its ongoing commitment to help improve global
food safety by sponsoring the sixth annual Nation’s Restaurant News
Food Safety Symposium. Highlights from the event will be featured
in the Oct. 10 issue of Nation’s Restaurant News. The symposium,
which was held in September in Denver, brought together food safety
experts and quality assurance executives from foodservice companies
throughout the United States.
The annual Nation’s Restaurant News Food Safety Symposium
provides attendees with a forum to share best practices, proactive
and preventative approaches, and personal knowledge regarding food
safety. This year’s event included panel discussions on new food
safety initiatives, tactics to identify and prevent potential
accidents, and best practices in dealing with food allergens.
“The Food Safety Symposium is the most informative and inspiring
event of the year,” said Douglas Davis, director of Global Food
Safety at Marriott International. “The opportunity to interact with
the industry’s most passionate and competent food safety experts
provides greater insight on how to continuously improve food safety
protocols.”
Keynote speakers at the event were Michael Batz, Ph.D., from the
University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute, and attorney
William Marler. Batz discussed the pathogen-food combinations with
the greatest burden on public health and highlighted
recommendations from a recent University of Florida study to
improve safety at foodservice establishments. The recommendations
include:
- increase government action to improve
retail and foodservice food safety,
- increase the adoption by states of the
most recent FDA Model Food Code,
- increase the risk basis of inspection
criteria and,
- increase education and training of food
workers and government inspectors.
Marler outlined ways operators can reduce their liability from
food-safety issues and advised restaurateurs to:
- identify potential hazards and have a
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAC-CP) plan in
place,
- think about a food-safety culture,
- involve vendors and suppliers to ensure
they have food safety plans in place,
- recognize government as your best
friend, and
- treat customers with respect and
understand that some claims of illness are legitimate.
“The Nation’s Restaurant News Food Safety Symposium was one of
the most exciting, informative and well organized events that I
have ever attended,” said Deborah Rosati, MS, RS/REHS, quality
assurance officer for Legal Sea Foods, LLC. “Valuable information
was gleaned from the educational sessions on produce safety,
foodborne pathogens, health inspections and food safety liability
concerns, which will assist us in further enhancing our food safety
initiatives.”
With sales of $6 billion and more than 26,000 associates, Ecolab
Inc. (NYSE: ECL) is the global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food
safety and infection prevention products and services. Ecolab
delivers comprehensive programs and services to foodservice, food
and beverage processing, healthcare, and hospitality markets in
more than 160 countries. More news and information is available at
www.ecolab.com.
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