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Food allergen labelling – who needs to comply?

The past couple of times I have travelled by aeroplane there has been an announcement requesting that passengers don’t eat nuts because somebody on board is allergic to them. This is a good example of how seriously we take the effects of allergens nowadays. It also demonstrates our understanding that certain foods only need to […]

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Is your food marketed towards ‘Millennials’?

Two reports I have read recently seem to concur that food companies will be looking for new ways to tap into what is known as the ‘Millennial’ market in the next few years. If you’re not already familiar with this categorisation, Millennials are people born between 1982 and 1998, although these dates do vary slightly

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Case Study: Training at Pinney’s of Scotland

Background Salmon smokers and seafood processors, Pinneys of Scotland, are one of the key suppliers of chilled foods to Marks & Spencer. Combining traditional and highly modern processing skills in wet fish, curing, smoking, poaching, recipe dishes, shellfish & fish deli, they are the largest private sector employer in Dumfries and Galloway. Central to Pinney’s

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Monthly News Review from Verner Wheelock – November 2014

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a month since our last update and this year’s Creating Savoury Flavours course had just completed. November seems to have flown by. In fact we’ve been so busy at Verner Wheelock that we haven’t even begun to think about Christmas shopping… It’s a dog’s life Britain is known

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Can humans catch bird flu?

According to the Food Standards Agency the risk of getting avian influenza (bird flu) through the food chain is very low. There have been a few cases of this occurring, but in order to catch it, it would mean very close contact between humans and infected live birds. It is highly unlikely that you would

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