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Calorie Labelling Regulations – are you affected?
Mar
2022
From 6th April 2022 new regulations come in to force which require food sellers to display the energy content of the food they sell. The move is part of the…
Addressing your training challenges
Jan
2022
When I set up GH Training Solutions, one of my aims was to offer flexibility and a personal service to customers. From customer feedback, I am pleased that I appear…
Pre-packed food labelling changes
Sep
2021
As we highlighted earlier in the year, a new law comes into force from 1st October 2021 which formalises the requirement for the labelling of ingredients on pre-packed foods, with…
Food poisoning: do you know the numbers?
Jul
2021
The Food Standards Agency estimates that there are around 2.4 million cases of food poisoning in the UK each year – and up to 180 deaths. Well over half of…
Natasha’s Law
May
2021
Did you know the allergy labelling law changes on 1st October? The seriousness of food allergies continues to be highlighted as we regularly see case after case appearing in the…
Training Choices
Mar
2021
As the country starts to open up again after lockdown three, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is hoping that this is the final time we will face…
Preparing for an EHO Inspection
Mar
2020
I recently received an enquiry for Level 2 Food Safety training from a local business under new management. They mentioned that they are expecting an EHO inspection soon and were…
Choosing A Food Supplier
Jun
2019
The recent cases of Listeria have rocked the food safety world. The headline grabbing news is that those who fell ill and died had eaten food from NHS hospitals, causing the…
The Impact of Healthy Eating
Jun
2019
Recently, I was teaching an in-house course where the staff restaurant provided a buffet lunch. They positioned fresh and colourful salads at the start and these looked so appetising we…
How Allergen Aware is your business?
Apr
2019
“You can die from a food allergy, everything else is just an intolerance” … this is a (completely false) comment I recently overheard amongst my students following a debate about…
Are you Allergen Compliant?
Dec
2018
The treatment of allergens by the food industry has again been in the press, following the tragic – and completely avoidable – death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse and the subsequent inquest after eating…
7 Steps to avoid the Winter Vomiting Bug
Nov
2018
As the clocks go back and shops are filled with tasty treats and all things sparkly for Christmas, for those of us in the food service industry, we need to…
