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How to Create an Allergy-Friendly Environment at Your Restaurant

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Customers with food allergies take a great risk to eat food prepared by someone other than themselves, as they may suffer potentially severe consequences from coming into contact with a triggering allergen. While this is by no means a comprehensive list, these are some common food allergens that you should read up on: Tree Nuts.

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New 2D Barcodes Offer Easy Access to Dynamic Information for Food Traceability and More

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The 2D barcode can also contain data such as country of origin, fair trade, farm-to-fork sourcing details, ingredients, allergens, batch and lot numbers, and just about any information that is deemed useful, all made readily accessible with a quick scan. What’s My Role?

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Is Your Ghost Kitchen Haunted by Food Safety Breaches?

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Tech solutions can elevate food safety checklists and audits, track ingredient lists and allergen information, and help staff manage food safety processes, quickly, easily, and accurately. Your digital solutions should enable continuous learning and enhance safety and quality. Continue focusing on food safety.

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Can AI Address Labor and Food Safety Challenges?

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The company's Beastro was designed to use AI to create personalized dishes, thereby cutting labor costs and cutting food waste. Our flagship product, Beastro, requires minimal staffing—it can be operated by a single employee, handling all tasks from dish design and cooking to cleaning, analytics, site reporting, and optimization.

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Why Training is the Key to Accurate Messaging About Gluten-Free Foodservice

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The menu is also a great place to indicate whether you are validated by a third-party program like Gluten-Free Food Service (GFFS), a designation that signals to gluten-free diners that you take their needs seriously and are implementing the proper measures to eliminate cross-contact.

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Six Important Steps Restaurants Should Take to Build a Strong Food Safety Culture

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Additionally, AI can assist in monitoring temperature variations during food storage, detecting anomalies in production processes, identifying potential allergen cross-contamination risks, and more. Regular and comprehensive training programs should be implemented to enhance employees' knowledge and understanding of food safety practices.

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Food Safety Never Takes a Holiday 

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Use designated color-coded cutting boards and utensils for ready-to-eat foods versus those for raw animal proteins to prevent potential for cross-contamination. Pay attention to maintaining rack storage order to prevent cross-contamination of ready-to-eat foods from raw animal proteins as well as any allergen cross-contact potential.