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The HOST exhibition last week was simply huge! 18 halls of equipment for catering and hospitality and several hundred exhibitors. It was great to see such activity and such a…
The Food Standards Agency releases a recall notice concerning some ready-to-eat foods produced in unapproved premises, which you can read in full here. What does this mean? Well it means…
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 3 – HACCP
Following our last post we continue our guidance on implementing a BRC Global Standards Global Standard Issue 6 compliant HACCP Plan. Section 2.3 Describing the Product I’m often asked…
Vomit polished cutlery in New York!!
The scene: Late evening – a pub / restaurant in New York. A drunken man vomits into a glass which spills onto the table. A waiter takes off the table…
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….
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 2 – HACCP
HACCP Last time we covered the extra requirements (over Issue 5) for section 1 – Senior Management Commitment This time we shall start to look at the BRC Global Standards…
Well done to Vermop! The German cleaning equipment company has released an excellent guide in European Cleaning Journal. It points out some of the fundamental assumptions that can be made…
The anti food legislation congresswoman
What an interesting but alarming article in the Think Progress Economy newsletter. A congresswomen who would like to “do away” with food safety legislation! Legislation has not been designed to…
BRC Global Standards Issue 6 Guidance – Part 1 – Senior Management Commitment
We at MQM have decided that it would be helpful to all those certificated food processors out there, and those who might wish to become certificated to the BRC Global…