From Nation’s Restaurant News: How to Prepare Your Restaurant for the Swine Flu

Christian Stegmaier
cstegmaier@collinsandlacy.com

With summer coming to a close and autumn just around the corner, public health officials are forecasting the arrival of flu season together with the more serious return of the H1N1 pandemic virus, more commonly known as the swine flu.
While the nation largely dodged the worst of the pandemic during its first appearance earlier this year, many experts are predicting that H1N1 will return this season even stronger than before.
In anticipation, the National Restaurant Association together with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Ecolab are recommending steps that foodservice operators can take to help control the viruses’ spread
Click on this link for the complete steps of how to prepare your restaurant for the Swine Flu:
http://www.nrn.com/breakingNews.aspx?id=372702&menu_id=1368
For more information on the seasonal flu and H1N1, visit the National Restaurant Association websites: https://www.restaurant.org/fluinfo/ and https://www.restaurant.org/fluinfo/toolkit.cfm.
About Christian Stegmaier
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Christian Stegmaier is a shareholder and chair of the Retail & Hospitality Practice Group at Collins & Lacy in Columbia. He is also active in the firm’s professional liability and appellate practices. Stegmaier welcomes your questions at (803) 255-0454 or cstegmaier@collinsandlacy.com.