The winner of the food safety contest is...

Congratulations Kristen Pritchett for winning our food safety contest. Ismael Gonzalez came in second. Both will receive a deluxe Brooks Tropicals pen.

Here are the food safety violations Kristen found.

Organic avocado packing house
1) No hairnet
2) No gloves
3) She’s wearing jewelry
4) No id badge
5) No apron
6) She's wearing labels around her neck, which are now contaminated by her sweat.
7) There are open areas where birds and/or pests can get in (any sign of 'droppings' is an automatic failure in a food safety audit). Anyone can walk in and either steal, or tamper with all of the boxes that are lying around.
8) The white bin is not marked for what it is used for (EXAMPLE: REJECTIONS, #2, GARBAGE)

On the tomato packing house, she found
1) No gloves
2) No aprons
3) Open areas
4) Bins are not marked for what it is used for (EXAMPLE: REJECTIONS, #2, GARBAGE)
5) Rubbish all over the floor
6) No hand dip/sanitation stations
7) No trash cans anywhere
8) No pest control devices, such as rat traps or bug zappers.
9) No safety signs or instructional signs, such as NO EATING OR DRINKING, NO SMOKING, EMERGENCY EXIT ONLY, HAIRNETS REQUIRED BEYOND THIS POINT.
10) There’s a box of tomatoes laying on the ground totally open.
11) There are cross contamination problems with how boxes are stored and stacked
12) No signs stating where #1 produce is stored and where the rejects are being stored.
13) The men are not wearing beard nets.
14) No evidence of a FIFO policy in use for commodities or packaging.
15) All exposed materials such as the tomatoes are not protected from overhead contamination.