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Meat expert Paul Bache MBE on hygiene issues at Jamie Oliver butchery

As we have said many times before, just because an establishment has a celebrity chef’s name attached to it, it doesn’t necessarily follow that their hygiene practices are award-winning. Heston Blumenthal’s restaurants have been in the news more than once – but the latest to fall foul of food safety issues is Jamie Oliver’s exclusive […]

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Fancy a cat curry or rat kebab, anyone? #foodfraud

It seems that last year’s horsemeat scandal was just the tip of the iceberg as far as food fraud is concerned. It’s not only suppliers to supermarkets who have been duping both the retailer and the public. In the past couple of weeks the results of tests by the Food Standards Agency and the consumer

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Food safety and HACCP for pet food manufacture

Fancy tucking into Crispy Pigs Ears with Truffle Tartare Sauce? How about Textures of Tripe with Onion Purée? Or maybe you’ve got a sweeter tooth and would prefer Pork Jus Jelly with Apple and Shortbread Biscuits? According to a posting on the Great British Chefs website earlier this month, these are the latest dishes created

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23 April 2014

Men: Are you a parsnip, beetroot, aubergine or leek?

I recognise that this blog post is a very tenuous link to food and food safety, but what the heck- it’s Friday! Besides, I couldn’t let this ‘Little Gem’ go unreported. For a long time now, women’s bodies have been described as ‘apple’ or ‘pear’ shaped according to weight distribution, but now high street retailer,

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Don’t take it with a pinch of salt…. National Salt Awareness Week

Salt is present in every single cell in the human body and the sodium ions it contains are essential for normal bodily functions. For example, salt helps to transmit information to our nerves and muscles; it is also used in the uptake of certain nutrients from our small intestines; and it helps maintain fluid levels

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