Food Safety & Hygiene News

OK, hands up everyone who’s over-indulged in rich food, alcohol, chocolates, snacks, cakes, mince pies and other fat and sugar-laden goodies during the festive period. All but the most virtuous of us like to have a bit of a blow-out – and there’s nothing wrong with that. After all, we’re going to lose the extra […]

So… apparently it’s going to be a very close run contest for the Christmas number one spot this year between X-factor winner James Arthur and the Justice Collective (Hillsborough charity single). To be honest, I haven’t heard either song – my dial is firmly stuck on Radio 4 these days – but neither seems to

It seems Salmonella food poisoning is no respecter of persons. All-American lifestyle diva Martha Stewart recently hit the headlines after falling foul (or should that be fowl!) of the virus after handling turkeys. She said “I never get sick, but I came down with Salmonella. I think I caught it because I was handling do

Scots certainly know how to celebrate! And this St Andrew’s Day will be no exception. For many families, the main meal tonight will be haggis served with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes) washed down with a dram of the good stuff. I was a student the first time I ever tried haggis. It was St