Well, it’s been over a fortnight since supermarkets and major retailers began charging for carrier bags – and who could have predicted the extremes that some people would go to in order to avoid paying 5 pence for a plastic bag. There have been stories of stolen baskets and trolleys, theft of stronger 10 pence […]
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety TrainingOur Chairman and founder, Dr Verner Wheelock, has been researching healthy eating and the effect of diet on illness and mortality for several years. He has come to the conclusion that, contrary to Government health guidelines, which advocate a low-fat diet as being beneficial to health, a diet low in carbohydrates and containing fat is
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Expert Spotlight Food Safety & Hygiene News Nutrition Training NewsIt doesn’t seem two ticks since it was British Food Fortnight, last year (I must be getting old!) but here it is again! Running until 4th October, British Food Fortnight is a celebration of all that is great and good about enjoying food reared and grown in this country. As Chef Raymond Blanc says “There’s
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Nutrition Training NewsAre rare burgers safe? It’s often the case that the rarer meat is, the juicier it is, which is why several high-end burger restaurants are preferring to serve rare burgers which are pink in the middle. We eat rare steaks, they’re both made of beef, so what’s the difference? The answer is that the outside of
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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP trainingThe first couple of weeks in September normally signal the end of the summer music festivals, open air concerts, village fetes, galas and agricultural shows. A reminder that summer is coming to a close and the nights are beginning to draw in. As well as face painting, henna tattoos and stalls selling clothes and jewellery,
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