Learn why are catering trucks and street vendors more dangerous and pose a higher risk of contracting a food poisoning illness than a restaurant.

Except for infant formula and some baby food, product dating is not generally required by U.S. Federal regulations. There is also no universally accepted system used for food dating in the United States.

Ethnic restaurants and markets in the U.S. run the gamut of food safety and sanitation. Learn the characteristics of the ones that may be more hazardous to your health.

Certain foods and processes are inherently more dangerous when ordered at a restaurant. Knowing how to identify higher risk foods and processes when deciding what to order is a valuable resource.

Simple things you can do to organize your kitchen and inexpensive utensils every kitchen should have to prevent your everyday, to master piece meal turning into a food poisoning disaster.

There are more ways than ever to find important food safety information on your local restaurants and markets. More information is made available today by various means not only by the government agencies that inspect these facilities, but by the public and even private businesses that have developed around publishing restaurant and market inspection and violation details.

Learn how to identify a potential problem with your food at a restaurant. There are number of subtle signs you can easily take note of before taking your first bite.

Contrary to what you may have heard, there is no acceptable or allowable number of cockroaches, rats, mice, flies etc in a restaurant, deli, cafeteria, market etc.

Learn the basic health and safety requirements of any salad bar or buffet and how to minimize your chances of becoming a victim of food poisoning.

Do you know all the ways the kitchen staff, cooks, and food handlers in a restaurant can contaminate your food and cause you to become ill? Learn how to spot these dangerous and illegal practices, and how to respond to them, saving yourself from a potentially deadly illness.

Do you know which dishes and sauces at restaurants contain raw or partially cooked EGGS? You will be surprised just how many. Learn also the recent changes in the law regarding serving foods with raw eggs.