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Meat expert Paul Bache MBE on hygiene issues at Jamie Oliver butchery

As we have said many times before, just because an establishment has a celebrity chef’s name attached to it, it doesn’t necessarily follow that their hygiene practices are award-winning. Heston Blumenthal’s restaurants have been in the news more than once – but the latest to fall foul of food safety issues is Jamie Oliver’s exclusive […]

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Holy cow! It’s National Dairy Week #NationalDairyWeek

This week we’re celebrating all things dairy, as it’s National Dairy Week. It’s very good news that the EU is in favour of daily milk for school children. Cows’ milk has been drunk by humans for centuries and is one of the most nutritionally complete foods available. It contains calcium and several minerals and vitamins

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New Year’s Resolutions – food safety #foodsafety

Happy New Year! Now that the Christmas decorations have been packed away for another year, we’re tired of turkey and sick of the sight of Christmas cake, many of us will be looking to 2014 as a fresh start. That generally means the making of New Year’s resolutions. I’m just guessing, but I suspect that

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Food safety hazards from people, premises, pests and packaging

I read an article recently which said that people are more concerned about the food safety of raw eggs than they are of reheated rice or other common causes of food poisoning. We have Edwina Curry’s anti-salmonella crusade to thank for that. But we need to remember that food safety is not always about hazards

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12 December 2013

Does your reusable shopping bag carry more than just groceries?

As a nation we’re encouraged to recycle, up-cycle and re-use in order to help save the planet. In fact one initiative which has been pushed for several years is the ‘bag for life’ offered at many supermarkets and food retailers. Stronger than the average thinner carrier bag, which is generally provided free of charge, it

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