Potato processing firm Glenview Foods was fined £3,000 on November 9, after pleading guilty to six food safety offences last week, including failing to properly clean its facility and conduct pest control.
E-learning courses have now gone “mainstream” as they offer a low-cost and flexible alternative to traditional training methods, a leading provider has claimed.
Changes could be on the cards for the way in which food safety is managed within food businesses, following proposals by the European Commission to review the EU’s hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) procedures.
Tesco, Sainsbury and Heineken UK were among those involved in revising the industry standard that safeguards food and drink against malicious tampering from terrorists and other criminals.
Handmade ready meal firm Cook claims more human hands in the manufacturing process does not increase the risk to food hygiene standards or decrease overall operational efficiency.
Food quality will suffer unless manufacturers put more effort into hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) systems, a leading rice processor has warned.
Too many small food manufacturers merely go through the motions of training their staff in food hygiene in order to prove due diligence to their customers and the regulatory authorities, a leading training provider has claimed.
The successful prosecution of Tesco for food safety violations at its Covent Garden Tesco Metro store has snowballed into a PR nightmare for the retailer in what has been dubbed the ‘supermouse’ incident.
Putting precision testing and traceability firmly in the context of food safety are two key themes of Food Manufacture’s one-day Food Safety conference, suggested by its chairman Professor Colin Dennis.
Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) has opened a new facility, which will allow microbiological testing of foods to be carried out under factory-like production conditions.
Food factories of the future should keep people away from the manufacturing environment to reduce the risk of contamination by pathogen transfer by humans, according to a leading hygiene expert.
A new data monitoring system designed to manage hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) is faster and easier to use than paper-based systems, claims its developer SAFAS, a consultancy in food hygiene and health and safety.
The recent E.coli outbreaks in France and Germany have put food safety back in the headlines. This makes Food Manufacture's Product Recall 2011 conference even more apt.
A food safety specialist has called for better training and food safety management systems in the foodservice sector following the recent salmonella...
Dawn Foods is offering bakers an easy shortcut to making choux pastry products. The company's marketing director Maggie Dagostino explains: "Many of...
A revised abattoir and processor standard was launched by the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) and Assured British Meat (ABM) on May...
A new grouping of the five sector skills councils (SSCs) in the food and drink industry is to set down guidelines for meeting new European Union (EU)...
New European food hygiene regulations could actually help UK manufacturers by forcing other states to come up to our high standards, says Michelle Knott
