Food Safety during the Olympics
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 Hygiene Rating Scheme – a milestone reached
The Food Standards Agency has reported a flurry of activity by the local authorities across England which has resulted in the milestone of more than 250 local authorities joining this…
What an interesting article in the European Cleaning Journal that reports on a study about poor hand hygiene within healthcare workers who wear gloves! This hazard is something also recognised…
No confirmed cause of Clostridium botulinum outbreak
Food Quality News reports that a spokesperson from the Food Standards Agency has said that no confirmed cause of the family outbreak from the Lloyd Grossman Korma sauce, produced by…
Update on Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme
The Food Standards Agency has released updates on how our local authorities are progressing with the launch of the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme. It looks like good progress so far…
Advice to reduce risk from botulism
The Food Standards Agency has released a communication concerning some common sense controls to avoid risk. The main points are targeted towards the consumer who does not need, of course, to follow…
A point for debate – product recall
I wonder whether we are just possibly over-reacting to risk in this case? The recall of Lloyd Grossman sauce has, according to the latest from the FSA, affected only one…
British Sandwich Association adopts Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
In a positive move forward, the British Sandwich Association, the trade association which runs a food safety certification scheme for sandwich and sandwich mix manufacturers, has adopted a minimum 3 out of 5…
US Canteloupe Listeria outbreak linked to packaging machinery
This recent and very serious Listeria outbreak in the US has been reported by Food Quality News as the worst in modern history with a death toll of 29. Listeria can,…