Ensure Compliance: SMETA Audits & Groceries Supply Code Adherence

As a provider of SMETA Ethical Audits, we’re pleased to say that the vast majority of manufacturers and processors we visit have the requisite systems in place to enable them to have a successful ethical audit. However, it seems it’s certainly not the case everywhere. Channel 4 programme reveals unethical practices On last week’s Channel 4 Dispatches […]

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2014 Commonwealth Games – a healthy approach to food safety?

At London 2012, the fact that the world’s largest McDonalds Restaurant was built within the Olympic village was a subject of heated discussion; as was sponsorship by fizzy drinks, snacks and fast food companies. Take a look at the main sponsors for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and these types of companies are conspicuous by

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New revised FSA guidelines on E. coli 0157 cross-contamination #Ecoli

The Food Standards Agency has recently updated its guidance on the control of cross-contamination relating to E. coli 0157 bacteria. Its original guidance was published following an investigation into the outbreak of E. coli 0157 in South Wales in September 2005, where 157 cases were identified. The majority of these were schoolchildren, one of whom

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Food Safety in the Great Outdoors

Now that summer’s finally arrived more of us are pitching tents and enjoying the great outdoors. Those who enjoy their home comforts but want to spend the night under canvas might favour the ‘glamping’ route with its electrical appliances and comfortable beds. For the rest of us a camping trip generally means trying to get

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Tour de France comes to Yorkshire this weekend! #TDF2014

After months of preparation and excitement, the Grand Départ of the Tour de France finally gets underway this weekend. And where better than Yorkshire with its breathtaking scenery and friendly welcome to cheer the cyclists on at the very beginning of their 3664 kilometres race? Road closures aside, Yorkshire really does seem to have embraced

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