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Saturday, December 17, 2011

County Awards 24 Carrot Awards for Food Safety

Local eateries are honored by the health department.

The St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment announced its 2011 24 Carrot Gold Food Safety Excellence Award winners earlier this week. Eight local eateries were awarded for demonstrated excellence in food safety, sanitation and successful employee education. Presented by the Division of Environmental Health and Protection, this marks the fifth consecutive year that the 24 Carrot Gold awards have recognized the county’s food service establishments for raising the industry standard in food service and stewardship. “Public concern about food safety, harmful products and dangerous germs has increased with food-borne threat incidents occurring throughout the United States,” said Pieter Sheehan, director of the …

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