Category archives for: Food Safety News

Seattle, WA: Seattle-Tacoma Residents Can “Peel the Love” May 25-June 2

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Dole picks Emerald City as one of eight stops on summer food truck tour which peels back the fun, health and whimsy of bananas4,800-mile trip co-sponsored by Dole Packaged Foods and Blue Diamond allows residents to taste new recipes and take home FREE sam

Palm Coast, FL: Food, Fire Safety on Tap at Food Truck Tuesdays

Sam Walsh of Cafe Rouge serves up some fish and chips to hungry customers during a previous Food Truck Tuesdays event.

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Savory food and fire safety tips will be the theme of this month’s Food Truck Tuesdays event, according to a City of Palm Coast news release.

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Restaurant ‘Bacon Bacon’ Closed Over Neighbor Complaints of Bacon Smell, Owner Jim Angelus Starts Petition

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Bacon Bacon, a food truck restaurant, was forced to close recently after neighbor complaints of a strong pork odor led to the discovery of the business's lack of permits.

A San Francisco restaurant was forced to close this week after complaints that the area surrounding the Bacon-centric food truck smelled too strongly of the popular breakfast food.

New York, NY: Street Food Vendors VS. NYC Health Department

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Food carts on sidewalks can be a maximum of 5’ wide and 10’ long. This measure is intended to prevent overcrowding. Food trucks do not have any such size limit.

Ottawa, CAN: Showdown at the Eat Street corral

These are good times for omnivores in Ottawa!

Ottawa City Hall is a place, I suspect, where politicians are more accustomed to circling wagons than food trucks.

Boston, MA: Five Healthy Boston Food Trucks

CLOVER’S TRUCK AT SOWA OPEN MARKET. PHOTO VIA SOWA FACEBOOK PAGE

We found some on-the-go food that’s actually good for you, too.

New Orleans, LA: Truckin’

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The ordinance will also open up parts of the Biomedical District, the Treme, and the CBD as fair game for food truck fare. However, the revision includes the areas in the French Quarter and Frenchmen Street, and the CBD between Poydras St. and Howard Ave. in the no-food-truck zone.

Chicago, IL: Food Truck Operators Mull Option to Park at Taste

Bob Block, Giana Wilkinson, Kelly Zoet, and Leslie Venetz buy lunch at the Brand BBQ Market truck in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune / April 12, 2013)

This will be a great way for many Chicagoans to get a sense of the excitement of this industry and sample some great food

Buffalo, NY: Rich Products Recall Affects Schwan’s

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Rich Products Corporation, one of Schwan’s suppliers announced a recall pertaining to several of their food products last week.

Freno, CA: Food Truck Inspection Time in Fresno

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Food trucks are becoming an even bigger part of the food scene in Fresno. But you may wonder if they are safe places to eat. The county health department does require them to be inspected, just like restaurants.