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Hospital chicken sandwich link to listeria deaths, inquest hears

13 March 2024 by

Two women died after eating chicken mayonnaise sandwiches suspected of containing listeria at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), an inquest heard.

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Knightsbridge restaurant forced to close following cockroach infestation

03 November 2023 by

A restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge has been fined over £16,000 and was forced to close after inspectors discovered a cockroach-infested kitchen.

Stress-free compliance? Check! Business

Stress-free compliance? Check!

22 August 2022 by

We interviewed David Bashford, managing director of Food Alert, about its new app – Check65 –[...]

Wake-up call: You can’t be too careful about health and safety Business

Wake-up call: You can’t be too careful about health and safety

19 July 2022 by

A spate of six-figure fines after customer accidents should urge operators to look again at risk[...]

Restaurant fined £70,000 after boy’s hand trapped in mincer News

Restaurant fined £70,000 after boy’s hand trapped in mincer

12 May 2022 by

A restaurant director has been given fines totalling more than £70,000 after an eight-year-old boy suffered[...]

Death of asthmatic chef prompts calls for inhalers to be kept in kitchens News

Death of asthmatic chef prompts calls for inhalers to be kept in kitchens

30 November 2021 by

The death of a young asthmatic chef has prompted a parliamentary debate on introducing a legal[...]

Electrocution fatality leads FEA to issue advisory notice Products

Electrocution fatality leads FEA to issue advisory notice

07 August 2020

Following the tragic death of an engineer working on a commercial kitchen appliance, the Foodservice Equipment Association (FEA) and ceda has issued an advisory notice covering the installation and servicing of electrical equipment.

Wake-up call: What are employers’ responsibilities to their teams during coronavirus? Advice

Wake-up call: What are employers’ responsibilities to their teams during coronavirus?

09 July 2020

The guidance to ensure workplaces are Covid-secure isn’t statutory, but ignoring it can still lead to huge fines.

Wellbeing tool launched to support employees returning to work News

Wellbeing tool launched to support employees returning to work

08 July 2020 by

A new tool has been launched for the hospitality industry to support the physical and mental[...]

Is your restaurant ready? News

Is your restaurant ready?

11 June 2020 by

By Peter Teska, global infection prevention application expert, Diversey

How to protect your business through Covid-19 and beyond News

How to protect your business through Covid-19 and beyond

11 June 2020 by

The outbreak of Covid-19 has profoundly affected the restaurant and foodservice industry. Many businesses have had[...]

Wake-up call: How to manage risk during a pandemic Advice

Wake-up call: How to manage risk during a pandemic

04 June 2020 by

With the end of lockdown in sight, operators must now form a viable plan for health[...]

Covid-19 safety Kitemark explored by Downing Street News

Covid-19 safety Kitemark explored by Downing Street

15 May 2020

A Covid-19 safety Kitemark to build customer confidence is a ‘distinct possibility’, the prime minister’s business unit head Oliver Christian has told hotelier Robin Hutson.

Experiment demonstrates how buffets could aid spread of coronavirus News

Experiment demonstrates how buffets could aid spread of coronavirus

14 May 2020

An experiment has set out to show how buffets can spread infection, following reports they could have been a major transmission point of Covid-19 on cruise ships.

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