This week Starbucks has revealed plans to offer a range of NVQs to baristas working in their outlets in the UK. The training scheme, which will cost the company several million pounds, will improve customer experience, boost morale and help ease high levels of staff turn over, plus give staff a range of transferable skills [...]
Tags: Food Hygiene, NVQ, Starbucks
Food production giants, Premier Foods have been fined nearly 17,000 after a mouse was found baked into a loaf of its Hovis ‘Best of Both’ bread. Stephen Forse, a father of three young children, found the mouse crushed into the loaf while buttering bread to make sandwiches for his children. The animal’s tail was missing, [...]
Tags: Contamination, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Hovis, Mice, Pests, Premier Foods
If you’re just starting out, the idea of ‘food hygiene’ can be a little daunting, perhaps even off-putting! There’s a shed load of laws, rules and regulations that you (and your staff) need to know. Get things right, and your business could be very successful – but get it wrong and you could face legal [...]
Tags: basic food hygiene, catering industry, Food Hygiene, the 4Cs
The Chinese government is cracking down on food safety crimes and the worse offenders will face the death penalty. This news comes from the official Xinhua news agency, which has cited a joint notice from the Public Security Bureau, The Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. All have agreed that [...]
Tags: China, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, food safety laws
Imagine the following scenario: You’re on holiday in Bangkok. You see an authentic market selling delicious fruits at cheap prices. You’re hungry and the produce looks tempting. You go over and grab something to eat. But in this idyllic daydream, you’re probably not imagining the infested bacteria, antifungal agents or dangerous chemicals that are on [...]
Tags: bacteria, Bangkok, Chemicals, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Fruit, Tourism
If you’ve scoffed at the pointless health and hygiene campaigns from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) (you know the ones, they tell us to ‘eat healthier snacks, cook turkey correctly and hilariously, drink beverages other than beer for World Cup matches) you’ll probably be outraged to learn how much those campaigns cost us, the taxpayer. [...]
Tags: Food Hygiene, FSA, Healthy Eating, Tax
Do you love dining out, but don’t want to risk spending money on poor quality food? Or perhaps you find it hard to choose between dishes at the restaurant? Maybe you have a date this weekend and you need to pick a restaurant that will impress? Then CampusFork will be your new best friend. Today [...]
Tags: community, cooking, dishes, food, restaurants, social media
This week the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) announced that food businesses are cutting back on food safety and hygiene training, possibly to the detriment of the general public’s health. The CIEH reported the shocking findings after sending a survey out to over 5,000 food safety trainers and training centres. The survey was sent [...]
Tags: CIEH, Food Safety Training
Last week the Food Standard’s Agency wrote to all the local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to inform them of a brand new launch this autumn. From the 1st of October the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) will be rolled out by all 22 local authorities in Wales and by many ‘early [...]