The recipient of the Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment’s 2006 Leader in Food Safety Award is Hokes Barbecue, located at 9134 W. 88th Ave.. The Leader in Food Safety Award is designed to recognize restaurants and other food service establishments in Jefferson County for their exemplary food safety practices.
"Food establishments that consistently demonstrate a commitment to safe food handling and preparation are essential to our goal of reducing the incidence of food-borne illness. We want to thank the staff and the management of these establishments for their prevention efforts." said Dave Hooker, consumer protection supervisor. The Leader in Food Safety award is presented each year in September during National Food Safety Education Month.Continue Reading Hoke’s Barbecue a leader in food safety
One of the easiest ways to keep you and your customers happy and healthy is to know about cross contamination. Cross contamination is when you touch one item that is not sanitary and then touch a clean item and make it unsanitary.
The Aspen Daily News reports that state and city environmental health officials have been unable to determine what caused 32 people to fall ill after dining at Aspen restaurant L’Hostaria two weeks ago, although tests have shown that whatever caused it most likely wasn’t related to the food. 
Katherine Nichols of the Star Bulletin reports that it doesn’t seem possible that the dull and rather distasteful topic of food safety could be amusing and even entertaining — until you hear Henry "Food Cop" Holthaus tackle the material. 
According to the University of Arkansas, Food Safety Consortium, the newly activated Center for Food Safety at the University of Arkansas is taking an aggressive approach to its mission and the director knows his plan: prevent the problem before it arises.