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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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Verner Wheelock students get top marks from RSPH

Not one, not two, but three students trained by leading food industry training company, Verner Wheelock, have achieved the highest marks in the country in their RSPH examinations. Helen Kearney, Operations Manager at Nature’s Best, based in Drogheda, Ireland, came top of the class in the Level 4 Award in HACCP Management for Food Manufacturing.

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1 July 2014

Universal Infants Free School Meals initiative – will it work?

This September every child in reception, Year 1 and Year 2 of primary schools will, by law, be entitled to a free school meal. The only exception to this rule is children attending direct grant nursery schools, independent schools, general hospital schools and maintained nursery schools. Improving academic standards and saving families money The aim

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