Yolo Adopts Green-Yellow-Red Placard System For Businesses Serving Food
Businesses in the county will have to display their health-inspection placard in their front windows.
Sacramento Business Journal:
Yolo County Restaurants Now Posting Prominent Health Department Signs
Yolo County has launched a tough and highly visible regimen for health inspections on restaurants, bars and grocery stores. On July 1, Yolo County began posting placards in the front windows of businesses that sell food to tell customers how the health department has graded the food safety practices of the establishment. (Anderson, 7/5)
In other news from across the state —
The Mercury News:
Meal Time At Expanded Ronald McDonald House Gets Simpler
When the Ronald McDonald House at Stanford completed its multi-year expansion project in May and doubled its capacity for families with critically ill children, a big question remained: What is the best way to feed 123 families a healthy meal every night that maximizes the spice of variety and limits food waste? For an answer, the charity looked to Silicon Valley innovators. (Lee, 7/6)
KPBS:
Statewide Testing Reveals Canned Foods From Ethnic Markets May Be Risky
Consumers may want to think twice before buying canned foods from Asian specialty markets. That is according to the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health (CEH), which recently conducted statewide tests on products purchased in specialty stores in San Diego, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. (Goldberg, 7/6)
Orange County Register:
To Prevent Homeless Taking Over Bus Stops, Anaheim Removes Benches Around Disneyland
To prevent homeless people from taking over bus stops, Anaheim has removed several benches in a high-traffic area around the Disneyland Resort. Since October, the city has taken out bus benches at the four stops at Harbor Boulevard and Katella Avenue, and another bench further north in front of the Captain Kidd’s restaurant. (Pimentel, 7/5)