As a produce grower or food processor, the chances are that your company will have undergone several third-party audits, often by BRC auditors or by the major retailers that you supply. An audit is an inspection or examination of a process or system to ensure compliance with requirements. It can apply to a specific process […]
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Ethical Trading Food Safety & Hygiene NewsSo, the time has finally come. After much ‘deliberating, cogitating and digesting’ (as Lloyd Grossman used to say on Masterchef), we have pleasure in revealing the winners of the 3rd Verner Wheelock Excellence Awards. They have been chosen from nominations by our course tutors and as ever it has been a very difficult decision to
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Auditing training Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP training Past Courses Specialist CoursesIt’s Christmas party season! You’re in your finery, you’ve booked the hotel or restaurant and you’re in a festive mood – what could possibly go wrong? Without wanting to be a party pooper, there’s plenty that could be going on behind the scenes, including issues with Christmas party food. Did you check the Food Hygiene
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety TrainingThe recent food safety breaches at 2 Sisters Group, exposed by The Guardian and ITV, highlight the fact that food safety is sadly not top of the agenda in some food manufacturing businesses. Corner-cutting when under pressure to reduce costs and increase productivity can have a serious effect on food safety. A basic ignorance of
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety TrainingBeing a bit of a chocoholic, I can’t believe I’ve only just realised that it’s Chocolate Week. Yes, there is a whole 7 days dedicated to the appreciation of chocolate. So you have my permission to sack off the diet and gorge on a sharing (LOL!) bag of Maltesers , a whole bar of Green
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