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General

Flush the toilet with the lid down!

To all the men of this world who moan about the ladies who tell us to keep the toilet lid down – they are, and have always been right of…

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Announcements

Co-operative Consortium announced

MQM Consulting is absolutely delighted to announce that it has joined a Consortium of like minded professional organisation providing services to the food and related industries. The Consortium was set…

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Food Safety News

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…

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Announcements

New EU Food Labelling Regulations

The UK Food Standards Agency reports that the new Food Information Regulation has been published by the EU. This has been designed to make labelling clearer to the consumer. Most…

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Food Hygiene

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…

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Allergens

Banoffee tart box. New York Cheesecake inside.

I guess it’s no wonder that extremely stringent packaging check procedures are demanded by Issue 6 of the BRC Global Standards Global Food Standard when you read this article from the…

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Food Safety News

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…

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Food Hygiene

Public remain concerned about hygiene standards in restaurants

The European Cleaning Journal contains an interesting article about consumer attitudes to staff hygiene in restaurants. It generally showed that there is still, overall, a low level of consumer confidence…

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General

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…