packaging food

Wrapping and packaging food

If you wrap or package food as any part of your business, including selling food to take away, then you must follow special requirements. Materials used for wrapping and packaging food must not be a source of contamination. Only use packaging material that is specially designed for food and store this packaging in a dry […]

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Defrosting

Defrosting food safely

There is a common myth that freezing kills bacteria but this is not the case.  Freezing does not kill bacteria, they simply become inactive when frozen due to the low temperature, but also the lack of available water. Frozen food will usually keep for a long time, although the taste or texture of the food […]

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Food Hygiene Rating

Food Hygiene Rating

The food hygiene rating reflects the hygiene standards found at the time any given business is inspected by a food safety officer. These officers are specially trained to assess food hygiene standards. A business can be given one of these ratings. Food hygiene rating is ‘0’: which means urgent improvements are necessary Food hygiene rating […]

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First Aid Kit Catering

First aid kits for catering and food preparation

In all workplaces, there need to be adequate first aid kits. There will be trained first aiders in the business, but it is a good idea to find out who the first aiders are and what is in the first aid kit. In a kitchen, there is usually also a burns kit. Catering first aid […]

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HACCP

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)

HACCP, or The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System, are internationally accepted as the system of choice for food safety management. It is a preventative approach to food safety based on the following seven principles: 1 Identify any hazards that must be prevented, eliminated or reduced 2 Identify the critical control points (CCPs) at […]

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