Scores on the Doors
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
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
After receiving a one-star Scores on the Doors rating at his Greyhound pub, chef Antony Worrall Thompson vows to keep up with the paperwork in future while calling for a more mature approach to enforcing standards.
Posted: 30 July 2010 | 15:29
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), the government body for the protection of the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food, is to be abolished by Andrew Lansley, the health secretary. The FSA, which has 2,000 staff and an annual budget of £135m, is responsible for issues including the Scores on the Doors food hygiene scheme among catering businesses as well as menu labelling.
Posted: 12 July 2010 | 14:29
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Scottish health campaign likens NHS malnutrition to euthanasia; Inverness to host UK's first social enterprise hotel; Gloucestershire schools banned from 'spying' on pupils' lunchboxes and more...
Posted: 05 July 2010 | 10:39
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Whitbread to raise £100m through private placement; machismo eating trend that consumes live animals plans UK launch; dine in the sky experience at Edinburgh Festival and more…
Posted: 01 June 2010 | 10:29
The new head of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned that hospitality operators refusing to conform with its voluntary Scores on the Doors scheme would “go out of business pretty damn quick”. Lord Rooker, chairman of the FSA, said that once a national standard had been reached ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 15:31
Story of the week: A massive fire broke out in a Shoreditch office block which houses a number of bars and restaurants yesterday morning. Owner of two bars affected by the fire, Jonathan Downey, told Caterer it won’t be back in business for at least 18 months.
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 15:39
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
Contract caterer, Catermasters has received the top rating for its hygiene standards and competence at client premises. The caterer, which provides all of the on-site catering services to the Williams F1 team in Grove, Oxfordshire has just been awarded the maximum five-star rating for its standards ...
Posted: 03 August 2009 | 16:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Police fear missing chef has come to harm,Scottish caterers urged to post hygiene scores on doors, G20 summit will separate Jamie Oliver from expectant wife.
Posted: 30 March 2009 | 10:02
If when I wrote the Friday Wrap last week I'd known then what I know now I'd have done things differently, no doubt.
Posted: 23 January 2009 | 15:02
The Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) decision to go with a six-tier “scores on the doors” scheme will burden businesses with unnecessary bureaucracy, leading hospitality figures have claimed.
Posted: 21 January 2009 | 07:00
What a year. You can read about it in our review of the year 2008, it’s fair to say there’s been a lot happening with the apparent end for now of the boom times and the looming recession.
Posted: 19 December 2008 | 13:42
