EHS-Net Fact Sheets

This page contains fact sheets related to EHS-Net.

Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net)

• EHS-Net Fact Sheet [PDF - 732 KB]
• EHS-Net Information System (EHSNIS) [PDF - 88 KB]
• National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) Fact Sheet [PDF - 157 KB]
• Restaurant Food Safety Studies Fact Sheet [PDF - 151 KB]

EHS-Net Findings and Recommendations in Plain Language

Sick Workers

• Factors Linked with Food Workers Working When Sick [PDF - 395 KB]
• Food Manager Practices about Workers Working When They Are Sick [PDF - 277 KB]
• Food Workers' Reasons for Working When Sick [PDF - 402 KB]
• Food Workers Working When They Are Sick [PDF - 273 KB]

Hand Hygiene

• Factors Affecting Safe Food Preparation by Food Workers and Managers [PDF - 274 KB]
• Food Safety Practices of Restaurant Workers [PDF - 450 KB]
• Food Worker Handwashing and Food Preparation [PDF - 281 KB]
• Food Worker Handwashing and Restaurant Factors [PDF - 464 KB]

Certification

• Food Safety Certification and Knowledge [PDF - 240 KB]
• Food Safety Differences Between Restaurants Linked and Not Linked to Outbreaks [PDF - 312 KB]
• Kitchen Manager Certification Study and Food Safety [PDF - 290 KB]
• Restaurant Traits Linked with Safer Ground Beef Preparation and Cooking Practices [PDF - 280 KB]

Food Allergens

• Food Allergies: Knowledge and Attitudes of Restaurant Managers and Staff [PDF - 138 KB]
• NEW! How Restaurants Address Food Allergies [PDF - 223 KB]

Food Cooling

• Best Food Cooling Practices for Restaurants [PDF - 234 KB]
• How Restaurants Cool Food [PDF - 182 KB]

Food Preparation

Factors Affecting Safe Food Preparation by Food Workers and Managers [PDF - 274 KB]

Chicken

• How Restaurants Prepare and Cook Chicken [PDF - 245 KB]

Eggs

• How Restaurants Prepare Eggs [PDF - 360 KB]

Ground Beef

• Beef Grinding Records Kept by Retail Stores [PDF - 279 KB]
• Restaurant Ground Beef Handling and Cooking [PDF - 257 KB]
• Restaurant Traits Linked with Safer Ground Beef Preparation and Cooking Practices [PDF - 280 KB]

Leafy Greens

• How Restaurants Receive Leafy Vegetables [PDF - 526 KB]

Sliced Deli Meats

• How Often Retail Delis Clean Their Slicers [PDF - 120 KB]

Tomatoes

• How Restaurants Handle Tomatoes [PDF - 286 KB]

Restaurant Meals and Illness

• Beliefs That Restaurant Meals Made People Sick [PDF - 292 KB]

Retail Food Safety Programs

• How Environmental Health Specialists Investigate Outbreaks [PDF - 310 KB]

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