Why You Can’t Afford To Neglect Food Safety

3 Min Read By Jordan Anderson

No restaurant or business intends for a foodborne illness to happen. Major food distributors and small businesses alike cringe when they hear they’re products are responsible for an outbreak.

 Recent research by the CDC suggests that, 48 million Americans, or one in six people, suffer from a foodborne illness each year, with 128,000 requiring hospitalization and 3,000 dying from the illnesses.No restaurant or business intends for a foodborne illness to happen. Major food distributors and small businesses alike cringe when they hear they’re products are responsible for an outbreak. Outbreaks also cause significant damage to the bottom-line. Here’s why:

Media AttentionDue to the reach of media today, notice of foodborne outbreaks have become prevalent. If you are in the business of handling food as a restaurant owner, grocer, farmer, distributor, or seller; the guaranteed media attention is enough to care about food safety in order to avoid bad publicity that will cause…