Food Standards Agency

Food hygiene is more important to consumers than good service

Food safety

Diners prefer rude staff to dirty premises, research shows

By Nicholas Robinson

Diners would sooner put up with rude staff than a dirty or unclean venue, according to new research that revealed 61% of UK consumers wouldn’t risk eating in an establishment that had a low Food Standards Agency hygiene rating.

The top 5 food safety slip ups and how to avoid them

FOOD SAFETY

Top 5 food safety slip ups - and how to avoid them

By Daniel Woolfson

Cross-contamination is the top area operators slip up on when it comes to food safety, as well as hand hygiene and improper sourcing, a leading expert has revealed. 

Labelling rare burger risks on menus may not be enough, warns expert

Food safety

Rare burger risk warnings ‘not enough to save you in court’

By Nicholas Robinson

Warning pub customers about the potential dangers of ordering and eating high-risk foods – such as oysters and rare burgers – is unlikely to be enough of a defence to stave off prosecution in the event of legal action.

Food fraud is a growing and serious threat to all food businesses, experts have warned

Food Safety

Britain’s fruit and veg supplies ‘overlapped by drug cartels’

By Nicholas Robinson

The countries supplying Britain's fresh fruit and vegetables are overlapped by drug-smuggling gangs, an expert in the field has revealed, following warnings that operators may have long-since been at risk of many types of food fraud.

FSA chief scientific adviser Guy Poppy

Consumers demand more food information

By Nicholas Robinson

Your customers want to know more about their food than ever before, leading consumer research released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has revealed.

'Food safety must now become more of a priority for pubs,' experts have urged

News Analysis: Food Safety

‘Multimillion-pound fines’ for unsafe food operators

By Nicholas Robinson

Diners need to know the food they are eating at your site is safe but some experts fear budget cuts could see a reduction in safety measures. Nicholas Robinson investigates

Rare burgers: BHA responds to further controversy

food safety

BHA: It's 'not the case' all rare burgers are unsafe

By Daniel Woolfson

The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has responded to claims made about the safety of serving medium and medium rare burgers in the Channel 4 TV show Tricks of the Restaurant Trade this week.

Dirty cooker, microwaves and refrigerators

Food safety

Dirty pub kitchen lands boss with fine

By Nicholas Robinson

A pub kitchen boss has been fined almost £3,000 after environmental health (EH) discovered an array of hygiene issues at the Stourbridge, Dudley, site.

Wetherspoon leads the way on food hygiene ratings

JDW

Wetherspoon leads the way on food hygiene ratings

By James Evison

The Food Standards Agency is celebrating the success of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - launched five years ago - by releasing information that breaks down its food hygiene ratings.

There are 14 known allergens

Food safety

Allergen report: how are pubs performing?

By Alison Baker

They have variously been viewed with hostility, panic, suspicion and as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Whatever your starting point, the regulations on food allergy labelling are now a fact of life. Alison Baker looks at how the trade is...

Profit by putting food on board

Advice

Profit by putting food on board

By Poppleston Allen

You might now be thinking about your business plans for the new year, and what you could do to differentiate your offering from that of your competitors.

Pubs also outperformed the average hygiene rating across the food sector

Food safety

How hygienic are pubs?

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs and bars outperformed restaurants, cafés and canteens in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food hygiene broad compliance report, a result spurred by increasing competition in the eating out sector.

Food law prosecution database is six months old

Food safety

'Speedier fines' for law-breaking food businesses

By Nicholas Robinson

Law-breaking food businesses, including pubs, could expect speedier fines and prosecutions as a result of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food law prosecution database and a strategy to improve the organisation’s digital technology.

Hove pub cleared over oyster poisoning

Pub in clear over oyster poisoning

By Daniel Woolfson

There is no evidence that oysters served at a pub were responsible for an outbreak of illness among several customers last month, an investigation has revealed.

New rare burger rules costly for pub chefs

Rare burger rule change ‘costly’ for pub chefs

By Nicholas Robinson

Serving rare burgers in UK food businesses could be expensive and remain potentially dangerous, even with new Food Standards Agency (FSA) controls in place, a leading food safety consultant has warned.

FSA issues warning over counterfeit Glen's vodka

FSA issues warning over counterfeit Glen's vodka

By Ellie Bothwell

Counterfeit vodka labelled as Glen’s Vodka has been offered for sale in a number of outlets in London, the Midlands and North Scotland, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.

91% of JDW pubs gain top food hygiene rating

91% of JDW pubs gain top food hygiene rating

By Ruth Williams, M&C Report

JD Wetherspoon has scored the maximum five star rating in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Hygiene Rating Scheme for 747 of the 816 Wetherspoon pubs listed on the FSA website.

Q&A: New pub food allergy requirements

Q&A: New pub food allergy requirements

By James England

Whether or not you serve food in your pub, the balance between your culinary and administration skills are about to be tested further. New European legislation comes into force at the end of this year, affecting the way that operators make customers aware...

New FSA food allergen guidance published

FSA publishes guide to new allergen rules

By John Harrington

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published draft guidance to help small and medium-sized food businesses - including pubs, hotels, bars and restaurants - comply with new allergen laws.

Technology such as Checkit can help with monitoring food safety standards

Business Advice

The Fight Against Grime

By Phil Mellows

When it comes to catering for the public, nothing comes higher than food hygiene and, as Phil Mellows reveals, running a tight ship is the only sound approach

Conducting more checks

FSA confirms new round of horsemeat testing

By Noli Dinkovski

Pubs can expect a greater level of traceability over their meat supply after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed details of a new round of tests of beef products for horsemeat contamination.

Wetherspoon's Scores on the Doors FSA rating

JDW pubs gain top FSA hygiene scores

By John Harrington

JD Wetherspoon, the managed pub operator, says 85% of its eligible pubs have gained the maximum five star rating in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Scores on the Doors food hygiene scheme.

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