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30 or 40 years ago, a week highlighting childhood obesity issues in the UK just would not have happened. Why? Because there simply wasn’t anything like the proportion of overweight or obese children that we have today. Sure there might have been one or two ‘big boned’ kids in a class of thirty: equally there were […]
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Week, 2-8 July 2012 #obesityweek Read More »
Food Safety & Hygiene NewsIt’s too bad if you’re not a fan of sport. We seem to be surrounded by it at every turn this year. Euro 2012, London 2012 and today marks the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Will we ever have a 21st century British Wimbledon champion? That remains to be seen. In the meantime, whether
Bring out the strawberries and cream – Wimbledon starts today! Read More »
Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training Nutrition Training NewsAccording to Love Food Hate Waste, as consumers we waste a whopping 7.2 million tonnes of food and drink every year. That’s around £50 of good food thrown away by each family every month. There are several reasons why food is wasted: we buy more than we need – often seduced by ‘Buy One Get
Food Safety Week – meal planning saves food waste Read More »
Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingIf, like us, you participated in street parties for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee last weekend, you probably found that there was plenty of food left over. The question is: what happened to it? Did you just tip it away into the bin, or did the occasion sweep you along in a 1950s ‘waste not want
Food Safety Week 2012 – making food go further #FSW Read More »
Food Safety & Hygiene NewsToday marks the start of Food Safety Week 2012, organised by the Food Standards Agency. This year’s theme is ‘Food Safety on a Budget’. It focuses on helping people to plan meals in advance to avoid food wastage; understand the differences between ‘Use By’ and ‘Best Before’ dates; and how to safely store and use
Food Safety: Understanding ‘Use By’ and ‘Best Before’ Dates Read More »
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