Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. In developed countries there are intricate standards for food preparation, whereas in lesser developed countries the main issue is simply the availability of adequate safe water, which is usually a critical item.

China's less-than-sparkling reputation for air pollution and food safety have caused Olympic teams from 20 countries to hold their training camps in Japan rather than in China in the weeks leading up to this year's Beijing Games.

Kurt Bjorkman provides detailed guidance, checklists, and examples of things to consider when opening a restaurant, specifically a hotel restaurant, from concept to marketing to food safety to training and so much more. Highly recommended reading for anyone in hotel F&B or other food and beverage service or management.

The Conservative hechsher tzedek, Hebrew for "justice certification," will attest that a particular food was produced at a plant that meets ethical norms in six areas: fair wages and benefits, health and safety, training, corporate transparency, animal welfare and environmental impact.

Today, everything from fast food to new cars is customizable. Fortunately for masonry professionals, so is safety training.

At least nine people are thought to have suffered food poisoning from a buffet at a staff training day - at Sweden's National Food Administration in Uppsala. There could have been something dodgy in the mussels. But it could also have been caused by poor food handling or refrigeration.