Being Proactive About Food Recalls

MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Consolidated Concepts Inc. 

Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.

Q:: How can I best avoid and overcome lettuce recalls?A: Take a moment to think back to 2018. What do you remember about the year in restaurants and foodservice?  Anthony Bourdain?  Mario Batali?  iHOb?  While all of those stories attracted major news outlet attention - they meant far less in the daily lives of operators than November's Romaine Lettuce Recall. For those who may have forgotten, or blocked the nightmare scenario from their memories, the CDC issued a recall on Romaine lettuce just two days before Thanksgiving, with guidance advising against consumption of all Romaine lettuce.  Restaurants and retailers across the country were ordered to destroy all product and a mad dash for alternative leafy greens ensued, causing a spike in market…