Tag: food safety

Toronto Flood & Power Outage Updates + Services Alerts: July 10, 2013

This video presents “Power outages, flooding make commuting a nightmare in downtown Toronto.” “A massive power outage in downtown Toronto on Monday evening was accompanied by flooding following intense rain, making the commute home difficult for many in the downtown core.“ This is an update to my previous blogs: Toronto Alerts: More Flooding & Power…

July 10, 2013
Please Prevent Infant Botulism by NEVER FEEDING HONEY to Children Under One Year of Age

Please never feed honey to children under one year old because honey is the only food in Canada linked to infant botulism, a serious disease. This includes never adding honey to baby food and never using honey on a soother. Infant botulism is caused by bacteria called Clostridium botulinum, which can’t grow or make toxins…

March 28, 2011
Update: Information on Radiation Levels in Japan and the Extent of Impact

This morning, I just received more up-to-date info about the radiation levels in Japan and the extent of impact on food and people in other countries. Here is a brief summary of this info. “Potassium iodide (KI) is only needed when there is a large amount of radioactive iodine in the environment. At this time,…

March 20, 2011
Dinesafe Deserves a Celebratory Salute for 10 Years of Restaurant Inspection

News Release January 24, 2011 DineSafe restaurant inspection program celebrates 10th birthday Ten years ago this month, Toronto became the first municipality in Ontario to require restaurants to publicly display the results of their most recent restaurant inspection. DineSafe is Toronto Public Health’s Food Premises Inspection and Disclosure system. Under this program, restaurants post colour-coded…

January 25, 2011