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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

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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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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Are rare steaks safe to eat?

This week an article by food critic Charles Campion appeared in The Daily Mail. It transpires that he enjoys his steak, as do many others, seared on the outside and very rare in the middle. His fear was that meat cooked this way in restaurants may soon be a thing of the past since the

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