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Let’s celebrate the great British banger! #britishsausageweek

It being Bonfire Night this week, we’ve had the opportunity to marvel at bangers of the firework variety. Now it’s time to enjoy another type of banger as it’s also British Sausage Week. Now in its 15th year, British Sausage Week is an annual celebration of the taste, quality and diversity of the traditional pork […]

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Monthly Update from VWA – September & October 2013

Welcome to our combined September and October update – keeping you informed of all the latest news from Verner Wheelock Associates September and October Training Courses September is always a busy time for us and this year the ‘Start of Term’ was no exception – with a full programme of HACCP training, Food Safety and Auditing courses running

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Scary Food not Food Scares for Halloween

October 31st as we all know is Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve, a custom that has become more and more commercialised over the years, with stores selling everything from themed costumes to novelty food. Witches, ghosts, ghouls, vampires, monsters, zombies, demons, Jack o’ lanterns, skeletons, creepy crawlies and characters from popular horror films are all

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Is your Food Hygiene Rating up to scratch?

From November this year it will be mandatory for the 23,000 food outlets in Wales to display their Food Hygiene Rating Scheme sticker. The scheme, which replaced the old ‘Scores on the Doors’ system in 2012, awards a hygiene rating of zero (urgent improvement needed) to 5 (very good) to food businesses in England, Wales

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I’ll have the chicken, with a side order of Campylobacter

The general public certainly seem to know about E.coli and Salmonella (remember Edwina Currie with her eggs scare?) but how many people would be able to name Campylobacter as a source of food poisoning? Nevertheless this spiral-shaped bacterium, which penetrates the mucus membranes and attacks the immune system, is the most common form of food

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