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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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It can also provide full sourcing and ingredient listings that are needed for menu creation to serve customers with special requirements. As a result, restaurants can easily access key information – again, with a quick smartphone scan – to identify expiration dates, ingredients, allergens, batch/lot numbers for recalls, and more.

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

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Training your staff in best practices for serving gluten-free dishes is one of the best proactive measures you can take to avoid such conflicts, as well as to demonstrate your commitment to ensuring the safety of gluten-free diners. Pre-shift stand up meetings are an excellent opportunity to remind staff of your gluten-free protocol.

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Food Safety Never Takes a Holiday 

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Specific training, tools and timer adjustments should be provided for preparing atypical menu items like stuffed quail; freezer-to-fryer foods that are larger and make take longer to fry than those that are typically served; and produce like artichokes that may be more difficult to wash.

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FDA Relaxes Nutrition Facts and Menu Labeling Requirements for Restaurants and Food Manufacturers During COVID-19 Emergency

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The relaxed requirements do not apply to food served by restaurants in the regular course of business. allergen information required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act.

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Crafting Allergy-Friendly Dining Experiences Using Payment Tech

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To keep up, restaurants need systems that can quickly check if dishes contain allergens and alert staff. This requires technology that can analyze ingredients against common allergens and instantly inform the kitchen and serving staff. QR code menus, for example, are a simple but effective solution for diners with allergies.

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‘Who Watches the Kitchen?’

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Revealing what it’s really like to serve as a health inspector, she tackles the issues and experiences many inspectors face but rarely discuss in public forums. This can lead to cross-contamination and foodborne illness as well as cross-contact and a food allergen issue. Choices are decisions. Good or bad, there are consequences.