KATE GUSTMAN RDN, CD, Ridgewood Care Center Dietician

Everyone needs to practice food safety and sanitation. However, for the very young and old the consequences of not doing so are much more detrimental. It is best to follow these guidelines:

  • Practice frequent hand-washing — Wash hands before, during and after cooking, as well as before

Gillibrand Introduces Legislation to Consolidate Food Safety Agencies Under One Roof

Gillibrand Proposes New Legislation to Compel Stores with Customer Loyalty Card Programs to Call and Email Customers When Products They Purchased Get Recalled

Washington, DC – As an estimated 3 million New Yorkers get sick from the food they eat each year U.S. Senator

Foodborne disease impacts 48 million Americans every year

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today introduced the Safe Food Act of 2015, which would create a single, independent food safety agency. Currently food safety oversight is split up among 15 different agencies, resulting in a patchwork where