I have compiled a list of 2013′s ten most popular food safety articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.
1. Food Safety: HPA Study shows poor hygiene practices at mobile food vendors
Research from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that food, water, chopping boards, cleaning cloths and security wristbands sampled from mobile and outdoor food vendors were contaminated with a range of bacteria including E.coli. This bacteria, which originates from human or animal faeces indicates either poor hygiene, undercooking or cross-contamination in the kitchen.
2. Food Safety: Street Spice Festival outbreak investigation concludes
Health experts from Public Health England (PHE) and Newcastle City Council have concluded their investigation into the outbreak of illness associated with the Street Spice Festival, held in Newcastle between 28 February and 2 March 2013.
3. Food Safety: Hotel loses appeal against food hygiene fines
The Wyndham Arms Hotel in Clearwell and its Company Secretary Nigel Stanley have both lost their appeal against £43,000 in fines and costs for food hygiene offences (Photos on Flickr).
4. Food Safety: Lincoln Christmas Market trader prosecuted for hygiene offences
A food vendor at the 2011 Lincoln Christmas Market has been ordered to pay £2,215 after admitting breaching hygiene regulations.
5. Food Safety: Tesco prosecuted following mouse infestation
TESCO has pleaded guilty to six breaches of food safety laws after a major mouse infestation was discovered at one of its central London stores (Photos on Flickr).
6. Food Safety: Staff run away from rat infested restaurant
A Tottenham restaurant was so infested with rats and mice that when Haringey Council officers and police paid a surprise visit, the staff ran away.
7. Food Safety: Restaurant fined for mass mouse infestation
An Indian restaurant and take-away branded by a judge as a serious health risk to customers has been fined £1,000 for failing to deal with a significant mouse infestation (Photos on Flickr).
8. Food Safety: FSA to prosecute over raw milk vending machine
The Food Standards Agency has confirmed its intention to prosecute Selfridges Retail Limited and the farmer who supplied the company with raw cow milk for sale, Stephen Hook, for breaches of food hygiene regulations.
9. Food Safety: Scarborough shop prosecuted for food hygiene offences
The proprietor of a seafront fudge and chocolate shop has been fined £1,050 for serious breaches in food hygiene regulations (Photos on Flickr).
10. Food Safety: FSA adds development tools for enforcement officers
The FSA provides help for officers to develop their knowledge through training tools, professional courses and funding for local authority-led work. For officers currently looking at their development plans, the Agency has added two new tools to the Enforcement section of the website.
