In the UK, more than 70% of supermarket fresh chickens are contaminated with Campylobactor. A Food Standards Agency (FSA) investigation found worryingly high levels of contamination with the campylobacter bug, which can cause food poisoning, on chickens being sold across the country. Campylobacter is a type of bacteria thought to be the leading cause of […]
Are your staff lone workers?
If you can answer the question ‘Are your staff lone workers’ with a confident yes or no, then you have at least given it some thought. Understanding that you have staff who are ‘lone workers’ is the first step to achieving a safer working environment for them. Lone working can take place when workers are […]
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 […]