Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Points Workshop (VACCP)

Course Summary The issue of food fraud in the supply chain is becoming increasingly important in the food industry. Hence the need for a systematic approach to identify the threat of economically motivated adulteration and assess the vulnerable points within the supply chain to satisfy the requirements of Clause 5.4 in the BRC Global Standard […]

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7 January 2016

Flavours course saves time and money #CreatingSavouryFlavours

I read an article recently about learning to play the guitar. In it ex-Smiths guitarist and songwriter, Johnny Marr, said “If you’ve got a mate who’s better, play with them as much as you can, because you learn more in playing with someone else in half an hour than you do playing guitar on your

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What is umami?

You could be forgiven for thinking that ‘umami’ is the name of a hurricane or word concocted by comic Vic Reeves for use on his TV show Shooting Stars. That simply isn’t true. What is true, though, is that ‘umami’ is an invented word, created by Dr Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University in 1908.

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Understanding BRC Issue 6

Every few years the British Retail Consortium (BRC) review their Food Safety Standard and in July of this year Issue 6 of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety has just been released and will come into force on 1st January 2012. This may seem a long time off, but in actual fact it’s only

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26 May 2015

Monthly News Review from Verner Wheelock – April 2015

Welcome to the April 2015 news review from Verner Wheelock It’s been a busy month at Verner Wheelock, now we’re at the end of April the Easter holidays already seem a distant memory. Our specialist training courses including the BRC Issue 7 Update courses continue to prove very popular, as does our new TACCP workshop. Course

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