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Does your business have a good food safety culture?
Nov
2023
Those of you who have attended my Level 3 and Level 4 Food Safety courses will know how much I keep going on about how food safety should be within…
Reducing food waste is food for business (and the planet)
Jul
2023
Producing the food we eat takes significant resources (land, energy and water to name a few), the costs of which are all reflected in the price we pay, even wholesale. …
Guide to Good Hygiene Practice
Apr
2023
With Allergy Awareness Week taking place last week, it seems timely to reflect on the recently updated advice on food allergens for catering and hospitality. The updated Catering Industry Guide…
Helping your staff cope with an incident at work
Feb
2023
I recently had a manager on one of my training courses who shared his experience of an incident that had happened at his workplace. A customer had gone into anaphylactic…
Print you a steak, Sir?
Jan
2023
Amongst the many trends in the food and hospitality industry forecast to reach us this year, the 3D printed steak is one that really caught my eye. Thanks to the…
Don’t contribute to the food poisoning statistics
Jun
2022
One of the things I look forward to most about the summer is being able to eat outdoors. From a lazy Sunday lunch in the garden to an impromptu barbeque…
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…
