Food safety
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A Chinese restaurant in Greenwich has been handed a record fine of £54,000 and its owners have been banned from running restaurants in the future after it failed to clean up its act. The Peninsula restaurant, 85 Bugsbys Way, SE10 pleaded guilty in Woolwich Crown Court to 18 breaches of food hygiene...
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 13:24
Police have begun an investigation into allegations that food served by Eurest at a London crown court were spiked with urine. The advocates' lounge in Snaresbrook Crown Court was closed after police were contacted when judges and barristers complained the food smelled "a bit off".
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 12:10
The luxury four-red-AA star Tylney Hall hotel in Rotherwick, Hampshire, has apologised to customers affected by a food poisoning incident, which landed the property with fines and costs of more than £40,000. Three people were struck down with the campylobacter form of food poisoning...
Posted: 13 January 2012 | 10:36
The Welsh Assembly Government is expected to publish proposals today to force all food businesses to display a food hygiene rating on their premises, with with the threat of a fine if they do not. Restaurants and takeaways could face a maximum £1,000 fine...
Posted: 14 December 2011 | 11:14
More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found. The study, which tested 39 UK growing beds across the UK, discovered that 76% of oysters had traces of the winter vomiting bug...
Posted: 29 November 2011 | 11:09
Hamburger restaurant chain Byron has announced it is to stop serving its hamburgers rare, following the intervention of a local authority. The group, which operates restaurants across London, said that owing to one local authority - which it declined to name - it would no longer offer its hamburgers cooked less than medium rare.
Posted: 14 November 2011 | 18:52
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has launched a new free online training tool for entry-level workers handling food. The Food Hygiene Training...
Posted: 12 October 2011 | 10:40
The Government is set to scrap or simplify 60 regulations governing the food and hospitality industry, following feedback from the industry. Tourism minister John Penrose (announced the move today after the public and businesses made 600 comments as part of the Government's Red Tape Challenge.
Posted: 29 September 2011 | 10:20
Catering Design Group has created two new contracts manager positions, appointing Geoff Kibblewhite and Steve Whittall to the roles. Their remit will see them cover the management of the installation process of projects from receipt of order through to project handover.
Posted: 02 September 2011 | 16:39
Food hygiene inspectors have closed down popular Cantonese restaurant New World in London's Gerrard Square following a suspected mice infestation. Inspectors from Westminster City Council visited the premises on Thursday last week...
Posted: 18 July 2011 | 11:20
Caterers and the public are being advised not to serve or consume uncooked sprouting seeds, such as bean sprouts, after a link possible between the E coli outbreak in France and a UK-based company.
Posted: 01 July 2011 | 10:30
A Handpicked Hotels venue has been fined £4,000 after a guest suffered kidney failure as a result of eating undercooked duck. The guest, from Northern Ireland, visited the Priest House Hotel in Castle Donington for a business conference last May.
Posted: 27 May 2011 | 16:30
The British Hospitality Association and the British Beer and Pub Association have won a legal battle to prevent the compulsory display of food hygiene ratings...
Posted: 31 March 2011 | 16:47
A London Vietnamese restaurant has been fined more than £5,000 after rodent faeces were found in the food. The Chung Viet restaurant in Deptford High Street was prosecuted after Lewisham Council's Environmental Health Food Safety team also discovered the premises to be infested with mice and cockroaches.
Posted: 28 March 2011 | 10:55
Food imported from Japan is to be screened for the presence of radioactive material. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is working with port health authorities and other Government departments to ensure that any food imports from Japan...
Posted: 24 March 2011 | 10:20
A Belgo restaurant in London has been fined £1,500 after a customer trapped a mouse with a pint glass as it scurried across the bar. The customer complained...
Posted: 24 March 2011 | 10:16
Caterers are being warned to cook chicken liver thoroughly after an increased number of campylobacter food poisoning outbreaks in the last year. Data provided by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed that...
Posted: 06 December 2010 | 12:35
Most restaurateurs are aware of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme but how many know what it takes to get a good score?
Posted: 26 November 2010 | 12:38
More than half of cleaning cloths used in restaurant and take-away kitchens contain too much bacteria, a new study has revealed. Research by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) published today...
Posted: 15 September 2010 | 10:05
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has written to all local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to tell them about local launches of the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS), the follow-on from the controversial Scores on the Doors scheme.
Posted: 20 August 2010 | 15:19
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