ONTARIO: RibFest vendor fined; Inspectors want eatery excluded next year, health board hears - (Guelph Mercury)
October 4, 2007 – 7:31 pmA food vendor at Guelph’s annual RibFest was fined by public health inspectors at the event in late August.
Hawgs Gone Wild was fined $460 for keeping cooked chicken wings at temperatures that could cause illness. The vendor was fined Aug. 26 after health inspectors warned him on the two preceding days.
The public health board heard at yesterday’s meeting in Fergus that public health inspectors have also recommended RibFest organizers exclude the vendor in future years from the celebration in Riverside Park.
The story also notes that Caribou Creek Alehouse ‘N Cookshack, 304 Stone Rd. W., was fined $460 for refrigerating some food at an unsuitable temperature.
The fine was issued Aug. 27 for the violation, which had been found by public health inspectors a few days earlier. The establishment has a history of “temperature abuse issues,” according to a public health report.
A hotdog cart operated by Lorne’s Catering in York Road Park […]
MORE:
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=21751
Related posts:
ONTARIO: Eateries fined for food safety offences - (Guelph Mercury)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak source uncertain - (Guelph Mercury)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak hits seven - (Guelph Mercury)
ONTARIO: 16 suspected E. coli cases at university - (Guelph Mercury)
BARFBLOG: It’s too hot for hell to have frozen over but - (barfblog)
***ONTARIO: Truck blitz uncovers serious food violation** - (Guelph Mercury)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak over - (Guelph Mercury)
ONTARIO: Cagney’s restaurant a fine establishment - (Guelph Mercury)
AUSTRALIA: Bill of shame: trendy eatery outed for safety breach - (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program
Do you have a mercury thermometer?
ONTARIO: Grocer is fined over mice - (TheStar.com)
ONTARIO: E. coli investigation continues - (University of Guelph)
CANADA: Fish mercury labels ruled out - (Calgary Herald)
UK: Manchester restaurant fined £10,000 for food safety breaches - (Caterer Search)
Public health investigating E. coli outbreak - (University of Guelph)
E. coli outbreak - (University of Guelph)
ONTARIO: Restaurant inspections now served on the web - (The Daily Press)
ONTARIO: Hamilton E. coli linked to provincial outbreak - (Global News)
Outbreak of E. coli in Southern ONTARIO - (CFIA)
BARFBLOG: 20 sick with E. coli at Guelph; doesnt anyone say theyre sorry anymore? - (barfblog)
BARFBLOG: University of Guelph: We take pride in our food services and food safety and our ability to infect people with E. coli - (barfblgo)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak over, Mercer says - (GuelphMercury.com)
BRISBANE eatery fined for food poisoning - (Yahoo! News)
ONTARIO: Restaurant E. coli investigations turn to suppliers - (Globe and Mail/Canadian Press)
Raw-milk activist calls ONTARIO milk board an ‘albatross,’ wants it scrapped - (Canadian Press)
ONTARIO: City’s restaurant inspection system ‘a farce’ - (Toronto Sun)
ILLINOIS: County board to weigh hike in health-inspection fees - (State Journal-Register)
UK: Inn the Park restaurant fined for breaching food safety rules - ()
WALES: Welsh Water fined over crypto outbreak - (North Wales Daily Post)
ONTARIO: Update on E. coli investigation - (University of Guelph)
CHICAGO: City’s food inspectors run tight ship at Taste - (Chicago Tribune)
UK: Inn the Park restaurant fined for breaching food safety rules - (CatererSearch)
BARFBLOG: Botulism, babies and bad advice - (barfblog)
INDIANA: Health Department puts food safety first at summer festivals - (WSBT News 2)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak grows in Niagara region - (Canwest News Service)
ONTARIO: Southern Ont. E. coli outbreaks continue to grow - (Canwest News Service)
MASSACHUSETTS: Ethics complaint filed against Bellingham officials - (Milford Daily News)
ONTARIO: Third case of E. coli linked to U.S. lettuce - (Chatham Daily News)
MASSACHUSETS: Marlborough Board of Health can’t keep up with inspections - (Metro West Daily News)
NEW YORK: Taking worry off the plate - (The New York Times)
‘Top Ten’ Ways Ford and Lincoln Mercury Will Change In-Car Communications with Sync
Benefits may outweigh risk in fish dinner - (St. Petersburg Times)
NEW ZEALAND: Food safety warning as three treated for toxic honey poisoning - (New Zealand Herald)
CANADA: Health department closes Vineland Chinese restaurant - (St. Catherines Standard)
ONTARIO: Important health unit - (North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit)
Listeriosis outbreak in ONTARIO - (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
CANADA: Restaurants revealed - (The Telegram)
TASMANIA: I’m so sorry, says cafe owner - (The Mercury)
BARFBLOG: E-mailing Doug Powell? Don’t send it to Guelph - (barfblog)
CALIFORNIA: A year after spinach scare, growers strive to keep produce safe - (San Jose Mercury News)
WALES: Butcher fined over hygiene - (Western Mail)
Mercury, up close: Photos to be unveiled
ONTARIO: Advocates fight for raw milk at Ont. legislature - (toronto.ctv.ca)
UK: Cider giant Bulmers fined £300,000 for Hereford’s Legionnaires’ outbreak - (Hereford Times)
NEW YORK: Wegmans said now requiring tuna suppliers to test for mercury - (Progressive Grocer)
ONTARIO: New test for contaminated sprouts - (Ontario Farmer)
ONTARIO: West-end supermarket may stay closed for weeks - (The Kingston Whig Standard)
ONTARIO: North Bay Harvey’s to reopen after E. coli outbreak - (CBC News)
AUSTRALIA: Just say sorry, says victim - (Tasmania Mercury)
ABSTRACT: Trial for quality control in Mercury contents by using tail muscle of full-cycle cultured Bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) - (Kawasaki, Ken-Ichi (Journal of Food Protection))
CALIFORNIA: No more excuses: Get reports online - (Marin Independent Journal)
NEW YORK: More testing of seafood to address mercury concerns - (The New York Times)
ONTARIO: E. coli outbreak - (Niagara Falls Review)
ONTARIO: E. coli found in tests on beef at Guelph packing plant - (Welland Tribune)
CALIFORNIA: Grand jury wants letter grades for restaurant health - (OC Register)
UK: Mouldy food gives the Black Horse a black day in court - (Kenilworth Weekly News)
ONTARIO: E. coli linked to Halton eatery - (Henry Stancu)
ONTARIO: Health unit serves up website with restaurant inspections - (Timmins Daily Press)
Public Health Agency of CANADA statement on a Listeria Monocytogenes outbreak - (Public Health Agency of Canada)
LETTERS: Waiter, is that mercury in my sushi? - (New York Times)
OKLAHOMA officials clear Locust Grove eatery to open - (NewsOK)
CANADA: Pizza Hut owner defied inspector’s order to close - (The Calgary Herald)
ONTARIO: Raw milk debate rages on - (TheRecord.com)
NEW YORK: Food-borne illnesses prompt fine at Niagara Frontier Country Club - (The Buffalo News)
Italian court hears Kercher murder case
INDIANA: Health department sued over inspection - (Herald Journal)
OP-ED: Inspect the system - (The Arizona Republic)
ONTARIO: Inspectors failed to adopt more rigorous U.S. measures - (Globe and Mail)
ARIZONA: E. side eatery flunks surprise inspection - (Tuscan Citizen)
ARKASAS: Inspections vary at eateries - (The Daily Citizen)
ONTARIO: Food safety revision endangers us all - (TheRecord.com)
PENNSYLVANIA: Illness prompts state probes of restaurant - (Lancaster Online)
CHICAGO: Quiznos sandwich shop shut by City Health Department, health violation unacceptable - (Chicago Department of Public Health)
New leadership at FSANZ - (FOODweek Online)
TENNESSEE: Riverbend health inspections - (WRCB Channel 3)
CANADA: Auditor general says restaurant inspectors aren’t enforcing rules - (The Telegram)
WALES: Abattoir inspectors took ’softly-softly’ approach - (icWales/BBC)
UK: Pub company fined for food safety breaches - (Loughborough News)
ONTARIO: Do not eat any ‘unidentifiable’ meat, public health official says - (Canwest News Service)
UK: Restaurant fined £14,000 - (Manchester Evening News)
CANADA: Meat market owners fined over filth, safety - (The Calgary Herald)
MISSOURI: School cafeteria cited for food code violations - (KSBH TV Channel 41)
MINNESOTA: Special report: food inspectors take a new approach - (Post-Bulletin)
CANADA: Officials confirm 4th death in listeriosis outbreak - (CTV.ca)
BARFBLOG: Guelph still sucks too - (barfblog)
Hub food safety inspectors find violations - (The Boston Channel)
ONTARIO: Bioniche hosts veterinarians and industry reps at two-day E. coli O157:H7 vaccine conference - (Bioniche Life Sciences, Inc.)
OKLAHOMA: Restaurant inspection reports online - (KTUL-TV)
ONTARIO: PIPSC: Employee fired and loses security clearance due to gross negligence of senior CFIA official - (from a press release)