Case Study: Training at Pinney’s of Scotland

Background Salmon smokers and seafood processors, Pinneys of Scotland, are one of the key suppliers of chilled foods to Marks & Spencer. Combining traditional and highly modern processing skills in wet fish, curing, smoking, poaching, recipe dishes, shellfish & fish deli, they are the largest private sector employer in Dumfries and Galloway. Central to Pinney’s […]

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Monthly News Review from Verner Wheelock – November 2014

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a month since our last update and this year’s Creating Savoury Flavours course had just completed. November seems to have flown by. In fact we’ve been so busy at Verner Wheelock that we haven’t even begun to think about Christmas shopping… It’s a dog’s life Britain is known

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Can humans catch bird flu?

According to the Food Standards Agency the risk of getting avian influenza (bird flu) through the food chain is very low. There have been a few cases of this occurring, but in order to catch it, it would mean very close contact between humans and infected live birds. It is highly unlikely that you would

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How great was the food in World War One? WW1

This week was, of course, the anniversary of Armistice Day, but throughout the year there have been all sorts of events marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. Perhaps the most striking is the sea of 888,246 red ceramic poppies surrounding the Tower of London; each one representing a British or

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Fast-grown chickens have higher Campylobacter rates in their guts

As we know, Campylobacter is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the UK and is particularly prevalent in chickens and other poultry. If you remember from our previous post, around 65% of chickens sold in supermarkets contain the pathogenic bacteria. Camopylobacter is present in the guts of animals and generally enters

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