by theEHP | Jul 14, 2011 | Food Safety, Food Safety, Research, Store
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has today published a review of the latest scientific knowledge on these viruses providing advice on possible measures to control and prevent their spread in the EU. The assessment recommends among others that mitigating measures should focus on the prevention of contamination rather than removing the virus from contaminated food.
by theEHP | Jul 7, 2011 | Food Safety
Rochdale MBC has rolled out the FSA’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. More than 150 local authorities are now publishing more than 100,000 ratings.
by theEHP | Jul 5, 2011 | Food Safety
The EFSA Task Force established to investigate the French & German outbreaks of E. coli O104:H4 found fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt as most likely common link.
by theEHP | Jul 1, 2011 | Food Safety
Coventry City Council has welcomed the successful prosecution of the owner of a takeaway who sold under-cooked chicken. Mr Falzihaq Baig, owner of Pizza Hot, Humber Road, Stoke, pleaded guilty to two hygiene offences at Coventry Magistrates Court on 26 May. The...
by theEHP | Jun 21, 2011 | Food Safety
The director of a city centre café obstructed a Bradford Council food hygiene inspector when she visited his dirty premises to discover whether it had been cleaned up, a court was told. Environmental Health Officers had earlier told Arif Mehmood, 43, that improvements...
by theEHP | Jun 21, 2011 | Food Safety
A former owner of a takeaway who let flies into his kitchen after leaving a drain uncovered has been hit with a bill of more than £3,000. Shameem Akhtar, 33, failed to keep clean his Zeeshan premises on Manchester Road in Little Hulton, ignoring warnings from...
