2020 is an exciting year for Verner Wheelock. It’s the year we celebrate 30 years in business! It’s also our 5th annual Verner Wheelock Excellence Awards. Over the past 30 years we have been privileged to train thousands of students from food and drink manufacturers, caterers, retailers and packaging companies both large and small. Training […]
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Food Safety & Hygiene NewsThink about the foods you eat. Fruit yogurts and desserts, steak pie, veggie burgers, crisps, soups, sauces, lasagne, cheese… the list is endless. Unless you have reared, grown or cooked everything from scratch, there’s a high likelihood that many foods you buy have been enhanced by flavour chemicals. This is especially the case where recipes
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Food Safety & Hygiene NewsIf you take a look at the Food Standards Agency’s Food Alerts page on their website, the majority of product recalls are due to incorrect labelling on packaging. Most of these are because they have omitted to state that an allergen is present in their ingredients list. There have been several prosecutions of food manufacturers
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Food Safety & Hygiene NewsToday is ‘Anti-Slavery Day’ where the aim is to fight against and raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of slavery, human trafficking and exploitation. Believe it or not, slavery in the UK and overseas was not eliminated with the Abolition of Slavery Act of 1807. In fact, it’s estimated there are tens of thousands
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Food Safety & Hygiene NewsAs our strapline states – we strive for ‘excellence in food industry training’, and last month saw proof of that commitment. Verner Wheelock delegate, Craig Darby of Samworth Brothers, achieved the highest marks in the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)’s Level 4 Food Safety & Hygiene examination and was awarded the RSPH Hygeia Award
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