Important information for anyone with a peanut allergy. Food Standards Agency – ASDA withdraws all date codes of its own brand Ground Almonds due to undeclared traces of peanut.
Food Standards Agency – FSA new plan to tackle campylobacter
Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK. It is considered to be responsible for about 460,000 cases of food poisoning, 22,000 hospitalisations and 110 deaths each year and a significant proportion of these cases come from poultry. An FSA survey of chicken on sale in the UK (2007/8) indicated that […]
Getting it right for the EHO, from the start
I recently read an article in a national newspaper that the five star hotel restaurant run by one of the top chefs in the UK had gone from a food hygiene score of five to just one. How can it be that a team achieve the highest score of ‘very good’ to ‘major improvement necessary’? It certainly […]
Food Safety Training and Staff Motivation
Ensuring food safety, is law to anyone in the business of serving food to the public, and the only way to ensure that the food you serve is safe to eat is through food safety training. Staff must understand that their actions or omissions can mean the difference between food poisoning or safe food, and between […]