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As the title suggests, if you are of the ignorance-is-bliss camp when it comes to restaurant dining, you might be advised to stop reading now - there is a sizable "ick" factor to the CSPI's findings. Klein and her team sought the most recent routine reports from 30...
"If you can walk by a restaurant and see which credit cards it takes and whether Zagat recommends them, then you should also be able to see how the local health authority rates them," says Sarah Klein, a staff attorney with CSPI, which made its recommendations in an Aug. 7...
It's unclear whether cities with more violations simply had dirtier kitchens or more dogged restaurant inspectors. New York City, Milwaukee, Austin and Atlanta had the better inspector-to-restaurant ratios, where inspectors covered fewer than 200 restaurants each. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Chicago had the highest ratios, with each inspector...
The CSPI estimates that the average American eats out five times a week. The vast majority of them survive unscathed, but every year, 76 million Americans fall ill from unsafe food. More than 15 years of data show that 41% of all food-borne illness outbreaks in the U.S. can...
Part of the safety issue may be lack of oversight and accountability. Only nine state governments have fully adopted the Food and Drug Administration's 2005 Food Code, which lays out safe food-handling and sanitation standards. The CSPI, along with the National Restaurant Association, which represents food establishments, is...