Food Hygiene
How many Restaurants and Cafes are there in the UK?
As of @DATA(spDataFoodHygiene[‘Today’]), there are @DATA(spDataFoodHygiene[‘CurrentTotal’]) restaurants and cafes in the UK that have an active food hygiene rating. This includes all types of restaurant, for example staff canteens. In the last 12 months, there were @DATA(spDataFoodHygiene[‘OpenedLast12Months’]) restaurants and cafes opened throughout the country. This averages @DATA(spDataFoodHygiene[‘AveragePerMonth’]) per month or @DATA(spDataFoodHygiene[‘AveragePerDay’]) per day. The impact…
Read MoreFree Food Hygiene Certificates
If you handle food at work, it is a legal requirement that you receive food hygiene training to ensure the safety of the general public, your staff and your business reputation. To be on the safe side, many businesses insist that all staff who handle food must have a valid food hygiene training certificate. As…
Read MoreSustainability in the Food Industry: The Growing Trend
Lets take a look at the ever growing trend of sustainability and how this impacts food hygiene.
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 MoreMastering the ‘Clean As You Go’ Policy
The ‘clean as you go’ policy is standard working practice in the food industry. It is one of the simplest, most reliable methods of meeting the food hygiene standards required by the Environmental Health Office (EHO). What Is ‘Clean As You Go’? ‘Clean as you go’ is a policy of responding to the cleaning needs…
Read MorePreparing For The EHO Visit: A Checklist
What does an EHO Visit consist of? If you prepare food for public consumption, you will eventually be visited by the Environmental Health Officer. The It is a legal requirement that they visit. As a food provider, you are legislatively bound to accommodate their visit and give them access to your premises. However, preparing for…
Read MoreThe Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Guide
If you handle or prepare food in work, you should know about the food hygiene rating scheme. Every eligible business in England, Wales and Northern Ireland must have a rating. It is an indication of how the local Environmental Health Officer (EHO) has graded your premises, according to the national food safety standards. It is…
Read MoreTypes of Food Hazard: What You Need to Know!
There is somewhat of a ‘not-so-fantastic-four’ of types of food hazard, which you should come to know almost instinctively. These groups cover all of the common and most of the uncommon food dangers that you may encounter within the kitchen. Chemical Hazards Obviously, the chemical agents with which we clean the kitchen are not for…
Read MoreHow to Clean a Commercial Kitchen
Introduction Cleaning a domestic kitchen is a relatively straightforward task. However, the kitchen of a food business is entirely different, so here’s our guide on how to clean a commercial kitchen. Equipment To begin with, let’s take a look at the cleaning equipment. We promote a ‘Clean-as-You-Go’ policy. Good practice requires regular cleaning throughout the…
Read MoreIntegrating Allergen Awareness into Your Food Hygiene
As Early Years professionals, you will be very aware of the need for allergy awareness in your workplace. When we designed our food hygiene certificate course we made sure that we included plenty of information on the allergen groups specifically for the Early Years sector. Sometimes, as I did recently, you overhear things that make…
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