Mother\u2019s Day is the most popular dining-out holiday, followed by Valentine\u2019s Day and Father\u2019s Day. Research shows that 92 million American adults, or 37% of consumers, will dine out on Mother\u2019s Day. Likewise, 32% of mothers surveyed say having a meal at a restaurant with their loved ones is the best gift they could receive. [1]<\/p>\n
But when you dine out, you are putting your trust in other food preparers and handlers – hoping they follow safe food principles and procedures. Understanding that, you can take several steps to ensure that dining out is a pleasure that does not end up with foodborne illness.<\/p>\n
According to the survey, age could factor into the type of restaurant meal they\u2019ll have on Mother\u2019s Day. Brunch is more common with Americans 65 or older, while diners 35 to 44 are more likely to choose dinner. Overall, here\u2019s how Americans say they\u2019ll celebrate Mother\u2019s Day in restaurants:<\/p>\n
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The food service facilities\u00a0 in your community, like restaurants, delis, grocery stores, and others, must follow local food safety rules. These rules are set by your city, county, district, or state. Each community may have the same or slightly different food safety rules and requirements for food vendors. All food safety rules have similar requirements about<\/p>\n
One of the ways food safety rules protect the public\u2019s health is through food vendor inspections. Each community\u2019s rules may differ on<\/p>\n
Infographic: CDC – Protect Yourself When Eating Out<\/p>\n
Protect Yourself When Eating Out <\/span>[PDF – 1 page]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
Mother\u2019s Day is the most popular dining-out holiday. Research shows that 92 million Americans will dine out on Mother\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n
But when you dine out, you are putting your trust in other food preparers and handlers – hoping they follow safe food principles and procedures. Understanding that, you can take several steps to ensure that dining out is a pleasure that does not end up with foodborne illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1106],"tags":[1290,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16556"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19923,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16556\/revisions\/19923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}