Foodborne diseases are usually caused by consuming foods that are stored at an inappropriate temperature. This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of safe food temperature control among restaura...
https://www.barfblog.com/2021/07/surveys-still-suck-temperature-awareness-in-saudi-arabia/
Patricia Miller of the State University of New York at Albany writes in her Doctor of Public Health dissertation that within the United States there are over 8,000 farmers markets, that sell dire...
This paper came out in Feb. but was lost in the Covid haze. Observation is always better than self-reported survey BS (I cooked the turkey below, in Brisbane, and it went back in the oven) Chapma...
https://www.barfblog.com/2020/11/stick-it-in-thermometers-work-but-people-dont-want-to-use-them/
My partner and American/Australian daughter have taken to watching reruns of the television show, Glee, during or after dinner. Who knew there would ever be a food safety connection? Turns out 32...
The New York Times followed up on the chicken study and how to tell if it’s done that I wrote about last week with a meandering story about color, texture, and stupidly recommends using pop-up ...
About one third of foodborne illness outbreaks in Europe are acquired in the home and eating undercooked poultry is among consumption practices associated with illness. The aim of this study was ...
https://www.barfblog.com/2020/05/you-think-that-chicken-is-done-its-not-done-or-its-burnt/
I used to use these semi-disposable thermometers in my old-school fridge, but when we bought our Brisbane house we bought a new fridge which displays the fridge and freezer temps continuously (al...
https://www.barfblog.com/2020/01/what-is-the-temperature-of-your-fridge/
Alexandria Hein of Fox News reports a 43-year-old man in China who was suffering from seizures and loss of consciousness went to the doctor after his symptoms persisted for several weeks, only ...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the Year 4 report for the UK retail chicken survey which took place between August 2017 and July 2018. Samples were collected every quarter but afte...
I told Amy when I die and my brain is carved up in Sydney, my epitaph should be, improving food safety, one thermometer at a time. I still feel naked when cooking without a thermometer. According...