Food Hazards
Do you work in an Early Years setting and prepare or serve food?
Few early years and childcare environments employ professional kitchen staff. Mostly this is because it is simply not financially viable to do so. However, the techniques employed to combat cross contamination in high volume kitchens can still be utilised in domestic or smaller kitchens. Introducing some simple changes could reduce risk. Here are five easy…
Read MoreFeeling Ill, then should you be at work?
When you are working in a kitchen, food production, or food retail area, you sometimes literally have the health of the people who eat your food in your hands. The hands that you use to touch the food you make could pass on some pretty nasty bugs, and, while this can produce some unpleasant symptoms…
Read MoreBad Hygiene In The Kitchen – Can It Affect My Business?
Running a business can be expensive; equipment to buy, ingredients for products, staff to employ, the list is endless. But there shouldn’t be a trade off when it comes to food hygiene training. There is an old story that gets passed around the internet on a regular basis, where the financial director of a business…
Read MoreFood Hygiene Mistakes
If you run a food business in the United Kingdom, maintaining a high standard of food hygiene should be a high priority to you. Without good food hygiene, you risk putting your customers in danger and ruining your business reputation. Both of these can lead to serious irreparable consequences. With that in mind, it should…
Read MoreWhat Are The 5 Food Safety Rules?
If you work in a role that involves handling, storing, serving, or preparing food in the United Kingdom, you need to know the basics of food safety. Here are 5 important food safety rules you should be sure to apply to your business. Rule 1: Maintain a high standard of food hygiene It’s essential to…
Read More5 Every Day Tips To Remember About Safe Food Storage
When it comes to food hygiene there are some things that you and your team should do without hesitation or question. Safe storage of food is one of these and it is part of basic food hygiene practice to ensure that the things we cook have not been stored in an unsafe environment. At the…
Read MoreThe Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Guide
What Is It And What Does It All Mean? If you work preparing food for consumption by the public, you need to think about the food hygiene rating scheme. There is no leeway on this, it is a legal requirement. Every eligible business in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a rating and it…
Read MoreWhy ‘Natural or Organic’ Does Not Mean You Can Ignore Food Hygiene
The second most likely source of food poisoning We seem to be shooting down myths about food hygiene a lot in these blogs recently. Not that we are apologising for that because most of them need to be exposed. One of these is the odd belief that vegetables and salad do not have the potential…
Read MoreThe Not So Fantastic Four – Know Your Food Hazard Groups?
There is a reason your food hygiene certificate training looks at the basic principles and the science behind the practice of safer food handling. While it may seem easier to just remember the rules it is actually not a very good learning technique. Understanding makes using the rules make sense and knowing the reasons behind…
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