Hazard Analysis And Critical Control Points

Whitbread pub food hygiene rating drops from five to one

14-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

A West Sussex pub’s food hygiene rating has fallen from five stars to one star due to the “cleanliness and condition of facilities and building”.

Food safety failures: don't make the headlines

15-Jun-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Recent events have driven home the point that slip-ups — when it comes to food safety, allergens and cleaning — have the potential to devastate businesses and lethally tarnish reputations. Daniel Woolfson looks at how operators can safeguard themselves...

FOOD SAFETY

New food safety guidelines launched in wake of peanut allergy death

24-May-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The British Hospitality Association (BHA), in association with food safety experts, has launched a new industry guide designed to help food businesses avoid potentially dangerous slip-ups.

Advice

Profit by putting food on board

19-Nov-2015 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.

Rare burgers ‘not worth the hassle’, PMA readers say

02-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Serving rare burgers “is not worth the food safety hassle”, according to a Twitter poll of Publican’s Morning Advertiser readers.

Rare burger rule change ‘costly’ for pub chefs

10-Sep-2015 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.

5 food safety tips for pubs

15-Nov-2013 By Poppleston Allen

The food safety enforcement regime is something operators should be acutely aware of. It is imperative to have good systems and procedures to protect yourselves from enforcement action, which can be damaging and costly to your business. Here are 5 tips...

BHA adds training programme to website

13-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

An online training tool for workers new to the hospitality industry has been launched by the British Hospitality Association (BHA).

Health & Safety: Safe delivery

15-Jul-2010

You have just had a delivery of goods recently. Were you completely satisfied with all the procedures in place - both from your side and that of the...

Legal: Are you on the food register?

20-Jul-2009

For the past four years, new food hygiene laws have been in force in the UK. They affect all parts of the food and hospitality industry. As a result,...

Food poisoning: Keep risks to a minimum

13-Feb-2009

Why? Because no matter what is being prepared in the kitchen, all food carries a risk element in its supply, preparation, cooking and storage. And as...

Keep your scores high

06-Aug-2008

THE FOOD Standards Agency (FSA) is currently consulting on proposals to transform the many regional Scores on the Doors schemes - which make local...

Legal advice: Health & safety

15-May-2008

HEALTH AND Safety is increasingly uppermost in the minds of people running local pubs which cater for a regular clientele or the more upmarket...

Legal advice: FSA's food safety inspections stats published

12-Mar-2007

The Food Standards Agency has recently published the annual statistics for 2005-2006 food safety inspections carried out by local council...

The Surgery - Get Ready for new Hygiene Regulations

01-Feb-2006 By Mark Taylor

Dear Surgery: How will the Food Standards Agency's proposed food hygiene laws affect pubs serving food? The Surgery says: The controversial new...

Health and safety: Call the pros

09-Nov-2005

Professional Cleaning and You is a new initiative from Johnson Diversey aimed at helping you to keep your pub clean - and to stay inside the...

FSA reviews food law introduction

12-Jan-2005

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to reconsider the introduction of a new law which would enable food inspectors to instantly close pub kitchens....

Safety in the kitchen

15-Mar-2001

The dramatic increase in the number of pubs offering food over the past decade has given local authority Environmental Health Officers - EHOs -...