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Christmas markets – how to ensure the food you sell is safe

In December many towns and cities are host to Christmas markets selling handmade goods, traditional toys, clothing, mulled wine, beer and plenty of delicious continental food – both hot and cold. If you’re a stallholder selling food for public consumption, then there are a number of precautions that you need to take to ensure that […]

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Bring out the strawberries and cream – Wimbledon starts today!

It’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

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Food Safety Week – meal planning saves food waste

According 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

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Food Safety: Understanding ‘Use By’ and ‘Best Before’ Dates

Today 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

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New FSA Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

Craven District, our local council, is one of the many local authorities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland supporting the Food Standards Agency’s new Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) and we went along to the launch event last week in Skipton. Around 50 Skipton food businesses which had been awarded 5 stars were invited to the event

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