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Supporting Apprentices in Food Industry

National Apprenticeship Week is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the vital role apprentices play in building a skilled, confident workforce across the food industry. At VWA, while we don’t offer apprenticeships directly, we work closely with businesses to support training and development for teams at every stage — including apprentices and early-career learners. Apprentices bring […]

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Celebrating Our 2025 VWA Excellence Award Winners

At VWA, we love recognising the incredible dedication, skill, and achievements of those who strive for excellence in food safety, auditing, and professional development. Our VWA Excellence Awards 2025 celebrate outstanding individuals and companies who have gone above and beyond in their learning, performance, and commitment to best practice.

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Personal Hygiene in Food Production: Essential Safety Requirements

In an office environment, poor personal hygiene often conjures up images of somebody with bad breath or body odour. It’s unpleasant for co-workers rather than life-threatening to anybody. In a food manufacturing or catering environment, on the other hand, good personal hygiene is an absolutely vital ingredient in the quest to produce safe food. Proper

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The Excellence Awards Winners 2021

Anybody attending a Verner Wheelock course – whether here in Skipton, in-house, or remote – has a chance of being selected for a Verner Wheelock Excellence Award. There are awards for HACCP, Auditing and Food Safety as well as Individual Excellence, Company Excellence and Ethical Excellence. For the HACCP, Auditing and Food Safety Awards, our

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Taking the ‘staff’ out of Staphylococcus aureus

Campylobacter, E-coli and salmonella – everybody’s heard of them and knows that they’re the bacteria responsible for many food poisoning outbreaks. Staphylococcus aureus is not one that readily trips off the tongue and yet it’s actually classed as a superbug. If this unpleasant critter gets into your bloodstream you’ll be seriously ill and could even

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