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July 10, 2008 – 8:25 pmAmys convinced the coffee in our Wellington, NZ, hotel room has no caffeine, so I made an early morning run yesterday to the Starbucks around the corner.
The coffee place was just opening and as I awaited my order, a load of prepared sandwiches arrived. The first thing the staff member did was insert a tip-sensitive digital thermometer into one of the sandwiches to verify that the proper temperature had been maintained. Good on ya. The guy getting my order said it was standard operating procedure, and as we chatted it emerged he was newly arrived in Wellington from Montreal. Another Canadian buddy. Or friend.
Next was a talk with ConAgras Food Safety Council in Omaha, Nebraska. Thats ConAgra of pot pie and peanut butter fame.
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/12/articles/food-safety-communication/pot-pies-are-back-new-labels-same-problems/
http://foodsafety.ksu.edu/en/article-details.php?a=3&c=32&sc=419&id=1030
Quality experts at ConAgra Foods today will hear from a lawyer who has sued the company due to food borne illnesses and from two food safety advocates […]
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=27179
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