Rare Burgers

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Rare burger crippling health risk warning

13-Dec-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

A food safety watchdog has warned of the crippling health threats undercooked burgers can cause now that the category is in steep growth and as a result of more consumers specifying how their burgers should be cooked.

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

21-Mar-2016 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.

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Pub’s rare venison burgers fall foul of food standards investigators

28-Jan-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

An Oxfordshire pub has been hit with a one-star food hygiene rating after environmental health officers deemed its rare venison burgers could not be proved safe to eat.

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

07-Jan-2016 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.

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.

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Rare burgers ‘not worth the risk’, warns expert

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Serving rare burgers is “not worth the risk or cost” to operators, a leading food safety advisor to the hospitality sector has warned.

Rare burger rules ‘won’t keep diners safe’

28-Sep-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Food businesses won’t be able to guarantee consumer safety when serving rare burgers, even after implementing the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) new guidance, experts have warned.

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.

FSA releases new proposals for serving rare burgers

28-Aug-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the details of a proposed approach to the preparation and serving of rare burgers in food businesses.