Food safety
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A London council has used emergency powers to close a restaurant after a customer spotted a rat scurrying around the premises. Camden Council health inspectors found that the Lords Indian restaurant in Whitfield Street was severely infested with rats and posed a “serious risk” ...
Posted: 09 February 2010 | 17:21
Story of the week: Last Friday saw the rather unexpected release of the results of the 2010 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, which were unveiled five days ahead of schedule after online retailer Amazon accidentally shipped copies of the guide ahead of its publication date.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 15:57
Pub operator Mitchells and Butlers (M&B) has been fined £20,000 after health inspectors found "grim" conditions hygiene conditions in one of its north London pubs. Two officers discovered fish defrosting in a plastic container in a sink next to dirty washing up, raw food next to cooked items...
Posted: 18 January 2010 | 14:40
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned caterers that they need to cook and prepare eggs safely, as it investigates a threefold increase in the number of salmonella cases this year. The FSA said it had seen a sharp rise in the strain Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b since mid-August...
Posted: 02 December 2009 | 12:03
They're often blamed for food-poisoning outbreaks, and many people are wary of eating them. But do oysters really deserve their bad press? Tom Vaughan investigates.
Posted: 27 November 2009 | 18:09
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck, Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced this week. Gordon Ramsay has parted company with the chief financial officer ...
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 14:54
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is being prosecuted after environmental health inspectors reported finding cockroaches, mice and flies at one of its busiest UK restaurants. Officials from Westminster Council said that a cockroach scurried across a counter when they visited the fast food outlet in Leicester Square...
Posted: 29 October 2009 | 15:33
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck. Blumenthal closed the iconic restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, for two weeks in February and March after more than 500 diners were struck down by norovirus...
Posted: 26 October 2009 | 13:31
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Rocco Forte puts Le Richemond hotel in Geneva on the market; Carluccio’s plans to grow into nationwide chain; Punch to slash value of estate by £600m as profits tumble by 40% and more ....
Posted: 12 October 2009 | 10:19
Heston Blumenthal has criticised the Health Protection Agency (HPA) for the handling of its report into the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck. Speaking at Caterer and Hotelkeeper’s 2009 Chef Conference at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel ...
Posted: 28 September 2009 | 10:37
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal has issued an official apology to the victims of the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck; British people are the rudest guests and poorest tippers, according to a straw-poll of front-of-house staff conducted by Caterer; and more ...
Posted: 25 September 2009 | 17:21
Heston Blumenthal has issued an official apology to the victims of the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck. The celebrity chef and proprietor of the iconic restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, has invited each one of the affected diners to return to the Fat Duck as his guest.
Posted: 25 September 2009 | 15:22
Victims of the food poisoning outbreak at Heston Blumenthal’s three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant are seeking legal damages from the chef.
Blumenthal closed the iconic restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, for two weeks in February and March after more than 500 diners were struck...
Posted: 21 September 2009 | 14:57
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Michelin reviewers move into social networking in USA; Christian hoteliers charged for offending Muslim guests; IHG officially launches $1b Holiday Inn makeover; and more...
Posted: 21 September 2009 | 10:30
Story of the week: Report shows contaminated shellfish caused food scare at Heston Blumental's Michelin-starred Fat Duck The Good Food Guide has expanded its list of the top 40 UK restaurants to 50 to reflect the rise in up-and-coming chefs. Three Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay ...
Posted: 11 September 2009 | 16:18
The official cause of the outbreak of the norovirus, which forced celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal to shut his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant last winter, has been revealed as contaminated shellfish. Blumenthal, chef-proprietor of the iconic restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, was forced to close the Fat Duck for two weeks...
Posted: 10 September 2009 | 13:56
The owners of an Indian restaurant in Yorkshire where more than 60 customers were hit with a rare food poisoning bug have been banned described as "criminally inept" by a judge. Mohammed Ayub and Abdul Ghafoor, of the Saffron restaurant in Ilkley, appearing before Bradford Crown Court ...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 10:20
Restaurant chain TGI Friday’s has been fined £30,000 after pleading guilty to a catalogue of hygiene offences uncovered by Westminster Council health inspectors last year. The company’s flagship London restaurant in Covent Garden was shut down on 2 July 2008 after a pile of dead cockroaches...
Posted: 28 August 2009 | 14:07
The British Hospitality Association has announced the launch of an on-line food safety guide for all sizes of hospitality business. Hot on the heels of the BHA’s fire safety guide, the computer-based package clarifies the latest regulations from the Food Standards Agency and local authorities ...
Posted: 14 August 2009 | 15:07
Safety should be a higher priority for UK hoteliers if they hope to increase repeat visitors, according to an independent survey of over 2,000 holidaymakers. The research by Opinion Matters found that 88% of tourists would not return to the same hotel where they had contracted an illness or had an accident.
Posted: 13 August 2009 | 11:35
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