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BRC Global Standards

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…

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BRC Global Standards

A good cleaning article

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…

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General

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…

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BRC Global Standards

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…

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Announcements

Best before, Use By and Display Until dates

I would not be surprised if the average consumer was left even more confused by the media, including BBC Breakfast this morning. Even the Freesat “text” service seemed to indicate…

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Food Hygiene

Hand washing failure

A very interesting, or perhaps alarming, summary within the European Cleaning Journal has been released concerning the failure of food handlers to wash their hands. The survey was carried out…

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BRC Global Standards

Botulism outbreak in France

The Food Standards Agency is reporting on an outbreak from pastes contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium behind the deadly botulism disease. The product has not been distributed within the…

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Food Hygiene

Stomach Upsets

The results of some very interesting research has just been released by the Food Standards Agency. The study looked at the impact of all cases of Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID),…

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Food Standards Agency report – Food safety behaviours in the home

The Food Standards Agency has released the final report called Food Safety behaviours in the home. This lengthy report makes fairly grim reading overall concerning people’s awareness of food safety…