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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Our congratulations to CW Contractors and their contracted catering facilities, who, for their first hygiene audits ever, achieved a mixture of silver and bronze level awards to the MQM Food…