The most common myth ever used, “the 5 (4 or 3) second rule”. Have you ever dropped food on the floor and shouted “five second rule”, picked it up, blow on it and stuck it in your mouth? By Jill Taylor
From E. coli contaminated bean sprouts in Germany, to cantaloupe melons with Listeria in the USA, to preserved olives and cheeses with Botulism in France closely followed by warnings here in the UK of catching E coli from unwashed vegetables, there never seems to be a day go by without serious warnings of food poisoning issues somewhere in the world
A major supermarket chain had an appeal refused largely on air quality grounds recently. The appeal shows the increasing importance placed on air quality issues as the UK struggles to meet European air quality limit values and local authorities begin to take the matter more seriously.
Ok, so it’s old news that the Housing Act 2004 has more holes in it than ‘Emmental’, but the latest RPT decision received by Derby City Council confirms that local authorities might now face real difficulties in securing repairs to blocks of flats where a Right to Management Company (RTM) has formed.
The recent criticism of the Residential Property Tribunal (RPT) Service during parliamentary questions (EHN, 3 June, page 6) followed a worrying series of Tribunal decisions that had threatened to curb EHPs activities in tackling the hazard of excess cold and reducing fuel poverty in privately rented homes.
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