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PRESS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Farace, SMF Training & Consulting, 410-687-1015   Susan Farace Earns Certified Professional of Food Safety Distinction Essex, MD October 8, 2014 Susan Farace, owner of SMF Training & Consulting has earned a Certification of Registration as a Certified Professional of Food Safety (CP-FS) from the National Environmental Health […]

Okay, maybe I am a little behind on this post.  Since I am not the cook at Thanksgiving the cranberry sauce I am served normally comes from a can.  The other day while looking in the refrigerator for sides to go with my roasted chicken I found a bag of cranberries I purchased for Christmas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 3, 2013 – Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc. of Beaverton, Oregon is voluntarily expanding its October 22, 2013 recall of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is an organism which can cause serious and sometime fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and individuals with weakened immune

We have been having a lot of fun and education over on our Facebook page.  Our series on the #4keys to #foodsafety is moving along and we are now talking cleaning and sanitizing.  Our Facebook contests have expanded to Twitter and the weekly prizes keep getting better and better.  THEN…. We are watching the news

We are passionate about food safety.  In a continuing  discussion on the four keys to food safety we are covering in detail all the important topics we discuss in our training class.  We want you informed and educated on food safety. Please visit our page at MarylandFoodHandler to learn more.   For more information on

It is easy to enter, all you need to do is comment your favorite pizza toppings on the Contest Photo    

Training your staff in the four keys to food safety is the best thing you can do for your business.  There are many reasons why it is so important to train all your staff in good food safety practices.  First and foremost you do not want to get anyone sick.  But, there are also financial

What does your image say?  My daughter plays travel soccer and we are often out of town.  Stopping for a bite to eat when you know the risks of food-borne illness can be a little tricky.  Sometimes we pick a franchise because it is my experience that they have better food safety training programs in

How you like your pizza is a personal choice. Thin crust, thick crust, crispy or chewy.  Do you like a sweet red sauce, little sauce, a lot of sauce or white sauce.   Toppings, don’t get me started there.  How do you feel about ham and pineapple pizza or crab pizza?  What about extra extra