Comment on YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...

• andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  And this was entirely preventable

  However, the Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant chain had knowledge of but disregarded Washington state laws which required burgers to be cooked to 155 °F (68 °C), the temperature necessary to completely kill E. coli. Instead, it adhered to the federal standard of 140 °F (60 °C). If Jack in the Box followed the state cooking standard, the outbreak would have been prevented, according to court documents and experts from the Washington State Health Department.

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  • arin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    California and Washington States ahead of the game again, especially in 2025+

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  • visikde@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    New safety laws/rules are always in reaction to bad behavior or to shift liability
    I worked in industrial food plants in the central valley of California
    Jack n the Box killing children, changed the food industry
    All the big retailers & fast food chains started requiring SAP, ISO type material resource planning systems to limit their liability. We had regular drills where we had to find a specific package wherever it might be within the hour as if there was a problem that had come to light
    While OSHA & CalOSHA exist, our biggest driver of safety improvements was the workmans comp insurance companies. They would do inspections a couple of times a year & we would implement their “suggestions”
    In 20+ years the only time I heard about an OSHA inspection was after an outside contractor got crushed by a loading dock he was working on & failed to block it up, they were in & out in an hour

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