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HACCP Plan for Sushi & Sashimi: High-Risk Foods

Whether you manage a Japanese restaurant or a sushi takeaway, you’ll need to have an appropriate food safety management system in place. This should include your HACCP plan, covering in detail all the necessary procedures … Read more

5 Key Food Safety Facts Worth Knowing

Food safety refers to the practices used to ensure food is safe to eat; from preparation and distribution to storage and beyond. It concerns all the steps involved in preventing food-borne illnesses. Following proper food … Read more

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Why is Food Safety Training Important?

Whatever the industry you’re in, training your staff is essential for maximising performance and efficiency, and minimising risk. When it comes to food safety, however, this is even more crucial. Negligence or poor management in … Read more

How Food Compliance Can Help Your Business Grow

With surveys showing that 61% of people said that they would not visit a restaurant or café with a Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Rating of 2 or below, it goes without saying that demonstrating … Read more

Food Safety Week 2018

On the 4th of June, the Food Standards Agency launched National Food Safety Week, celebrating the work of FSA staff and countless others across the food supply chain working hard to ensure safe food for … Read more

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Pest Infestations – A Costly Visitor

A leading hotel in Birmingham was fined £120,000 at the end of January due to poor hygiene standards and an infestation of mice in the hotel’s kitchen. A local EHO visit uncovered numerous evidence of mice droppings … Read more

Flour Dust

The Safety Hazards of Flour Dust

There are tiny, dry particles in the air that can be produced when materials are, for example, cut, drilled, demolished, sanded or shovelled, these particles are known as dust. Flour dust is not always an … Read more