Kern County officials have closed an Arby’s outlet at 8920 Rosedale Highway in Bakersfield, California for rodent infestation. The restaurant received a score of 69%, which is a failing grade, for poor food handling practices and overall poor food establishment maintenance and sanitation. A complaint from the public triggered the latest inspection. The environmental health … Read more
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on the FDA this week, asking for more inspections on food warehouses. Last year the FDA found “squalid” conditions in 90 warehouses that hold food that is shipped to consumers. In a press release, Schumer said, “at the end of 2014, the FDA quietly revealed hundreds of food safety violations at … Read more
U.S. Marshals have seized food from Gourmet Provisions, LLC and Royal Cup, Inc. after FDA inspectors found “widespread and active rodent and insect infestation” at those facilities. Warrants were issued by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Inspectors found the rodents and insects, along with unclean equipment and structural defects at … Read more