Food trucks are as safe or safer than restaurants, according to a new study.
The study is based on 260,000 food safety inspection reports of restaurants and food trucks in seven U.S. cities -- Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Ky., Miami, Seattle and Washington D.C. -- by the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm in Virginia. Both were judged on the same criteria.
The institute said the food trucks fared as well and in some cases better than restaurants, dashing the myth that street food is unsafe.
The institute opposes what it calls "burdensome" regulations, including bans or restrictions on food trucks.
In other news, British food safety officials have reminded home cooks not to wash chicken before cooking.
That reminder follows an online survey of 4,500 adults. A total of 44 percent said they washed chicken before cooking, according to a BBC report. But doing so spreads harmful bacteria, including salmonella and campylobacter, the No. 1 food-borne pathogen in Britain.
That's it for now. Keep your appetite and eat safely.
-- Lynne Terry