A Letchworth hotel was ordered to pay over £12000 by Hertford Magistrates Court last week after pleading guilty to two charges of poor food hygiene practice. The court heard that the Letchworth Hall Hotel had served food at a wedding in September last year which led to multiple cases of food poisoning.
The Food Standards Agency saw an increase in the number of food incidents it investigated last year. These included reports of contaminated or illegal food entering the food chain, with some potentially harmful to the public.
I recently visited a large caterer who had received a warning from his local EHO that his HACCP was not working effectively and that amendments were necessary. The plan had been written by the caterer based on the Scottish CookSafe Food Management System. This is a very effective food management system, but to fully understand how CookSafe works and to adapt it to best meet your food businesses needs requires knowledge that can only be gained through HACCP and food safety training to a Level 3 standard.
A five-month-old baby was rushed to hospital after contracting a rare form of Salmonella from a family pet. The baby’s family initially thought he had a bug, but his symptoms developed into severe diarrhoea so they took him to St George’s Hospital in Tooting.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published their annual report on zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in the European Union for 2010. The report shows that Salmonella cases in humans fell by almost 9% in 2010, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year. Salmonella prevalence in poultry is also clearly declining at the EU level.
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