In this LA Times piece, the food safety performance of food trucks is discussed. It seems that in LA, food trucks have more sanitary issues than the average restaurant. There are a number of challenges on food trucks that make managing food safety more difficult....small space with more opportunity for cross contamination, temperature control issues, etc.
LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-food-trucks-20160518-snap-story.html
The dark side of trendy food trucks: A poor health safety record
Ben Poston, Caitlin Plummer and Michael Radcliffe
May 18, 2016
It’s a daily culinary performance that plays out across Los Angeles: Top food truck chefs whipping up gourmet meals in spaces no bigger than a restaurant’s stockroom or walk-in freezer.
But even as the trucks have become a popular staple of the local food scene, with Twitter followers and long queues, they have been lagging behind restaurants and even sidewalk food carts in one important category -- health safety, a Times data analysis found.
About 27% of food trucks earned lower than A grades over the last two years, according to a Times review of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health data. By comparison, slightly less than 5% of brick-and-mortar restaurants and about 18% of food carts fell below that mark.
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Friday, September 4, 2015
Food Truck Provider Linked to E.coli Outbreak at Farmers' Market
Mexican food sold at a farmers' market in King County, WA (Seattle) is being linked to E. coli outbreak. According to a recent report, there are now 10 illnesses.
The vendor, Los Chilangos, utilizes food trucks for providing food. Food trucks are a growing trend, especially on the west coast. While farmers' markets was the venue in this case, I think it is important to note that this is not what one would consider as the traditional farmers' market food vendor. However, both farmers' markets and food trucks are gaining additional scrutiny from food safety professionals, because both are easier markets to enter for boding food entrepreneurs.
The vendor, Los Chilangos, utilizes food trucks for providing food. Food trucks are a growing trend, especially on the west coast. While farmers' markets was the venue in this case, I think it is important to note that this is not what one would consider as the traditional farmers' market food vendor. However, both farmers' markets and food trucks are gaining additional scrutiny from food safety professionals, because both are easier markets to enter for boding food entrepreneurs.
KIROTV.com
Health investigators: E. coli cases linked to food sold at farmers markets
Updated: 11:18 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 | Posted: 3:54 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015
By KIRO 7 STAFF
King County Public Health is investigating six E. coli cases that appear to be linked to a food sold at local farmers markets.
- 6 sickened
- 3 hospitalized
- Los Chilangos food service shut down
- Owners working with health department
“Through a few initial interviews with ill people, we determined that everyone who became sick had something in common – they ate food prepared by, a local food vendor called Los Chilangos,” Public Health staff said in a statement.
Los Chilangos serves food at seven farmers markets in King and Snohomish counties, operates two food trucks, and also caters events. The kitchen was told to stop producing food, as were the food trucks that used it.
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