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Hotel at centre of food poisoning outbreak fined £12,000

Hundith Hill Hotel, CumbriaCaterers have been warned not to use raw eggs in uncooked food after a hotel at the centre of a salmonella outbreak linked to the death of a pensioner was fined £12,000.
Posted: 05 April 2007 | 12:00

Top London hotels pose health hazard

A number of luxury hotels in London have been exposed over instances of a lack of cleanliness that were described by environmental inspectors as a “serious danger to health”.
Posted: 26 March 2007 | 14:35

Sandwiches supplied to hospitals and schools contaminated with listeria

sandwichesSandwiches supplied to schools and hospitals may have been contaminated with listeria, it emerged over the weekend.
Posted: 19 March 2007 | 11:30

Hilton to introduce new hotel brands into the UK - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: London’s Blakes hotel looks to international expansion; M&B facing hostile takeover bid; Rocco sells Cardiff St David’s Hotel and more...
Posted: 19 March 2007 | 09:33

Antony Worrall Thompson distances himself from pub which food hygiene inpectors rate zero

Antony Worrall ThompsonCelebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has distanced himself from the country pub which was in the newspapers after it was rated "zero" by food hygiene inspectors.
Posted: 05 March 2007 | 14:22

Tottenham Hotspur FC snubs Marriott West India Quay hotel

Marriott West India Quay, LondonTottenham Hotspur Football Club has confirmed the team will not be staying at the Marriott West India Quay hotel before this weekend’s match with West Ham.
Posted: 01 March 2007 | 15:30

Consumers and caterers assured avian flu outbreak no risk to public health

chicken in a fieldAn outbreak of avian flu in Suffolk should not stop consumers eating poultry, experts have said.
Posted: 05 February 2007 | 10:57

FSA under fire over traceability advice

CHOT 110506The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been criticised for not including advice in two of its guides on the legal duty of restaurants and other food businesses to demonstrate traceability.
Posted: 01 February 2007 | 11:50

Traces of radioactive poison found at another London restaurant

Pescatori restaurant in central London has joined the list of hospitality businesses hit by the Russian spy poisoning controversy.
Posted: 08 January 2007 | 10:26

Belfast to publish hygiene scores online from spring

eating outBelfast City Council intends to start publishing health inspection scores online from the spring.
Posted: 05 January 2007 | 17:42

Customers fall ill after eating at new Loch Fyne restaurant

oysters thought to be cause of illnessThe recent opening of a fish restaurant in Newcastle has been marred by the outbreak of a winter vomiting bug.
Posted: 02 January 2007 | 12:44

Angela Hartnett made MBE - For more hospitality stories, see what the weekend papers say

weekend papersA round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: The latest on the Little Chef crisis; 47 Marriott hotels sold to Israeli property company; New investor for Dublin five-star hotel and more...
Posted: 02 January 2007 | 10:43

KFC fined £24,000 for 'filthy' restaurant

KFCFast-food chain KFC has been given a record fine of £24,000 for hygiene offences that led environmental health officers to brand one of its restaurants “filthy”.
Posted: 04 December 2006 | 14:00

When the media is at your door, give them nothing but the truth

Honesty is the only policy for hospitality companies caught up in "media storms" such as the high-profile fatal poisoning of an ex-KGB officer in London, experts have advised.
Posted: 30 November 2006 | 00:00

Sheraton Park Lane hotel examined in connection with Russian spy poisoning investigation

London’s Sheraton Park Lane hotel London’s Sheraton Park Lane hotel has undergone a precautionary inspection as part of the investigation into the poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Posted: 29 November 2006 | 14:15

Mice to test food at Beijing Olympics

Beijing Olympics logoBeijing Olympics officials are going to extraordinary lengths to ensure the food on offer to athletes in 2008 is of the highest standard.
Posted: 17 November 2006 | 12:50

Inside kitchens: equipment for frying

From inefficient oil filtering and unhealthy contaminants to personnel hazards and responsible oil disposal, plenty of concerns confront caterers buying and using deep-fat fryers. Bruce Whitehall asks suppliers for their views on the best options for improved frying management
Posted: 09 November 2006 | 00:00

Scottish restaurants to pilot Food Hygiene Information Scheme

Edinburgh CastleThe Scottish arm of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will launch a "scores on the doors" scheme next week, publicising for the first time how well food operators fare in their hygiene inspections.
Posted: 02 November 2006 | 10:47

Catering company fined £5,000 for wedding party food poisoning

wedding party foodA South-West of England based catering company has been fined £5,000 after guests at a wedding party were badly hit by food poisoning.
Posted: 25 October 2006 | 17:20

Council closes Indian restaurant after diner finds cockroach in meal

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea logoAn Indian restaurant in Earls Court, west London, has been closed by Kensington and Chelsea council after a member of the public found a cockroach in their food.
Posted: 16 October 2006 | 12:03

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