Penn Live

Multiple food facilities using hand-wash sinks for purposes other than hand washing; no sanitizer test strips nor kits available: Dauphin County restaurant inspections, Sept. 13-19

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture oversees restaurant inspections in the state. Inspection reports are "snapshots" of the day and time the inspections took place. In many cases, violations ...
Consumer Reports

Yes, You Need to Clean and Sanitize Your Kitchen Sink and Drain More Often

If you ask my mom, she’ll tell you that if you didn’t scrub the kitchen sink after washing the dishes, then you didn’t really finish doing the dishes. It’s a habit that stuck with me after I was ...
Penn Live

Hand-wash sinks, misused or inaccessible; food held at unsafe temps: Hershey-area restaurant inspections, April 8-21

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture oversees restaurant inspections in the state. Inspection reports record conditions as of the day and time the inspections took place. In many cases, ...
CNET

A sink suited to hand-washing

This sink uses carefully placed jets of water to thoroughly clean hand-washable clothes. Avoid machine wear and tear, but don't sacrifice cleanliness. Abbi Perets has been writing about technology and ...
Oregonian

Miss Manners: Is it bad manners to wash hands in the kitchen sink, unless you’re preparing food?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are intensely divided over the appropriateness of using the kitchen sink to wash one’s hands for anything other than food prep. I grew up in a house where the ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Ludwig: Washing machine causing backup in kitchen sink

Dear Jerry: Our house is a ranch-style, circa 1950s. The kitchen sinks and dishwasher (which has never been used) drain into a separate 500-gallon septic tank. When we purchased the house, the ...