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Monthly news review from Verner Wheelock – October 2014

Welcome to the Verner Wheelock review of October 2014 An international flavour comes to Skipton We were delighted to welcome 12 international delegates to Skipton during October for our annual ‘Creating Savoury Flavours’ course. This unique, lab-based training course was held in the Food Technology facility at Ermysted’s Grammar School which provided the perfect setting for this […]

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The new food safety threats (including Norovirus & Campylobacter)

Campylobacter is still one of the biggest causes of food poisoning in the UK, claiming on average 110 fatalities per year, not to mention 22,000 hospital admissions from an estimated 460,000 poisoning cases. Of course, as with many other stomach upsets, hundreds of cases go unreported as symptoms are managed at home. Campylobacter bacteria live

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30 October 2014

Food safety for charity cake stallholders and Bake Off enthusiasts

Just what is the Great British Bake Off’s secret ingredient? This year’s final attracted an audience of 13 million viewers – an astonishing number when you consider that long-running soap, Coronation Street only attracts around 9 million regular viewers. And it seems that fans of Bake off are not confined to the human race; I read

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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training HACCP training

Would you eat food from a skip? #foodsafety #Skipchen

In the UK we throw away an estimated 7 million tonnes of food and drink per year. That equates to around £60 per month per family of four. This figure seems especially profligate when there are increasing numbers of people who cannot afford to feed themselves or their families properly; and even more so when

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Food Safety & Hygiene News Food Safety Training

Excellent training facilities and highly-qualified tutors

The horsegate scandal and its fall-out certainly brought the importance of supplier auditing to the fore and the requirement for traceability through every stage of the supply chain. Here at Verner Wheelock we’re well-known for providing a range of popular auditing courses for those in the food industry. The courses are designed to give candidates

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Food Safety & Hygiene News Auditing training Food Industry Case Studies Food Safety Training HACCP training