Food Hygiene Rating – Shocking statistics reveal failing restaurant standards

Environmental Health

Food Hygiene Rating – Shocking statistics reveal failing restaurant standards

The Times has reported on the results of a recent investigation on failing restaurant food hygiene. 15,000 restaurants and food outlets across the UK have a “failing food hygiene rating”….

Environmental Health

Low food hygiene ratings – why do restaurants fail?

You only have to search through online media to discover story after story about zero food hygiene ratings. To prove the point, here’s an article relating to zero rated Birmingham…

Environmental Health

Food Hygiene Rating – Failing restaurants

The Times has reported on the results of a recent investigation on failing restaurant food hygiene ratings. 15,000 restaurants and food outlets across the UK were given a failing food…

Environmental Health

Food Hygiene Rating should influence where we choose to eat out!

Public perception of food hygiene Gone are the days when we would select a place to eat based purely on cost and perhaps what our neighbour or friends told us…

BRC Global Standards Issue 6

Unauthorised meat content

As the news surrounding the horse and pig meat found in beef products continues we look at some lessons for the future: We all need to await for the outcome…

Food Hygiene

Food Safety during the Olympics

With the Olympics just around the corner the Food Standards Agency have launched a campaign and some useful sources of information about their role and the role of caterers to…

Food Safety News

FSA recall – product packaged in unapproved premises

This product recall has highlighted the importance of the mandatory requirement to seek premises approval before any food handling commences. The current EU Food hygiene regulations (853/2004) are quite clear on this….

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Guide to Food Hygiene

The Food Standards Agency have just reprinted (with amendments) the 2006 Guide to Food Hygiene for Businesses. Read it here:- http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/publication/hygieneguidebooklet.pdf If you would like help in checking that you meet…

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Scores On The Doors

I note with interest that the Food Standards Agency has published its 5th progress update on its Scores On the Doors scheme. It outlines progress made towards guidance on the…