The Platte County Health Department will be closed on Monday July 5th in observance of the 4th of July holiday.  Walk in times for online food classes will resume the following Monday.  Call with questions.

Kellogg Company Voluntarily Recalls Select Packages of Kellogg's® Corn Pops®, Kellogg's® Honey Smacks®, Kellogg's® Froot Loops® and Kellogg's® Apple Jacks®

Kellogg Company Voluntarily Recalls Select Packages of Kellogg's® Corn Pops®, Kellogg's® Honey Smacks®, Kellogg's® Froot Loops® and Kellogg's® Apple Jacks®

Iowa Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Products Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination

Iowa Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Products Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination

Texas Firm Recalls Three Varieties Of "Spaghettios" With Meatballs That May Be Underprocessed

Texas Firm Recalls Three Varieties Of "Spaghettios" With Meatballs That May Be Underprocessed

Online Food Classes

Food classes are now online, visit http://www.plattecountyhealthdept.com/ the link to the online class is located at the top of the page.  Remember Platte County, Clay County and Kansas City Food Handlers cards are good in those areas without additional transfers.

Diapering on a table at a restaurant table is not a good idea......
http://foodsafetyinfosheets.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/4-8-101.pdf
You can also check out our website for ideas on how to prevent Fecal/Oral illnesses like the ones mentioned in the link. 

The Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University has published a report, “Health-Related Costs from Foodborne Illness in the United States,”    www.producesafetyproject.org/admin/assets/files/PSP_FoodborneIllnessSummaryv2.pdf
which states that acute foodborne illnesses cost the U.S. an estimated $152 billion per year in health care, workplace, and other economic losses, with $39 billion of that attributable to foodborne illnesses associated with fresh, canned, and processed produce.  Wow, those are some big numbers, keep that in mind when it's time to WASH YOUR HANDS!