food safety

Operations

Aramark hiring GM after rotten food debacle

Aramark reportedly is hiring a general manager at a Canadian university where students were served nearly raw pork chops and moldy lemons.

Operations

Mom wants school district to ban peanuts

A mother urges the district to ban peanuts after her daughter had a severe allergic reaction at school. Currently, the district has peanut-free lunch tables and classrooms.

In October 2014, an Aramark employee instructed kitchen workers to serve food that had been thrown into the trash to fellow inmates. The Michigan Department of Corrections says Aramark fired the employee.

In response to student complaints that it was serving nearly raw meat and rotten produce, Aramark says it will step up its feedback process at a Canadian university.

No hourly foodservice workers will lose their jobs when Bon Appetit Management Company takes over operations at Emory University. Employee benefits, food quality and sustainability were factors in the decision.

Students at a Canadian university have taken to social media to complain about Aramark serving undercooked meat, moldy lemons and a fly in a taco. Aramark is investigating the situation.

Officials determined that a larva found in one student's fruit cup was likely introduced during the canning process.

San Diego Unified School District is investigating a rat problem after an employee in one high school found large amounts of rodent droppings in the cafeteria and other locations.

A school district is monitoring students and staff after a cafeteria worker was diagnosed with Hepatitis A.

Students have complained to Sodexo aboutnot checking perishable food items in a campus C-store more frequently. Manager Gwen Burney says this is not her first time hearing of the problem.

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