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According to the Food Standards Agency the risk of getting avian influenza (bird flu) through the food chain is very low. There have been a few cases of this occurring, but in order to catch it, it would mean very close contact between humans and infected live birds. It is highly unlikely that you would […]
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingAs we know, Campylobacter is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the UK and is particularly prevalent in chickens and other poultry. If you remember from our previous post, around 65% of chickens sold in supermarkets contain the pathogenic bacteria. Camopylobacter is present in the guts of animals and generally enters
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingLove it or loathe it, the festive season will soon be upon us (yep! Less than seven weeks to go!). That said, you might be thinking of booking a table at restaurant for a Christmas meal with family, friends or work colleagues. Restaurants will really go to town to make the most of the period
Is your favourite restaurant a five or a zero? Read More »
Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingCampylobacter is still one of the biggest causes of food poisoning in the UK, claiming on average 110 fatalities per year, not to mention 22,000 hospital admissions from an estimated 460,000 poisoning cases. Of course, as with many other stomach upsets, hundreds of cases go unreported as symptoms are managed at home. Campylobacter bacteria live
The new food safety threats (including Norovirus & Campylobacter) Read More »
Auditing training Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingJust what is the Great British Bake Off’s secret ingredient? This year’s final attracted an audience of 13 million viewers – an astonishing number when you consider that long-running soap, Coronation Street only attracts around 9 million regular viewers. And it seems that fans of Bake off are not confined to the human race; I read
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