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    Students are training right now to do this invisible, essential work. NEHA has over 700 student members in 48 states learning water quality testing, food safety protocols, disease investigation, environmental monitoring. They’re preparing to protect ...

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    Thank you for explaining the cheese/pasta process. I have not seen this, and this is a great example of how useful this forum is! Thank you for asking and sharing! ------------------------------ Bonnie Waldemarson Senior Environmental Health Specialist ...

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    Hi Corine, I saw your question pop up and was curious to know the answer, so I asked our special processes committee about it. Here is the response I received: Parmesan cheese used for pasta alla ruota is a non-TCS, non-porous product. As long ...

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    Hi Jim! Here is what the restaurant was doing: They have a big wheel of parmesan in the walk in cooler. They put it on a cart and wheel it tableside and make a big show of adding the pasta, pasta water, alcohol, and seasoning to the wheel and then ...

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    Hi Bonnie! The cheese is one of those massive wheels of parmesan. They are using it as a "plate" for mixing the ingredients- only the plate melts and gets incorporated into the pasta dish. It sounds wonderful to eat, but I can't help but wonder if ...