Regular updates of food safety news, outbreaks and general interesting facts.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kitchen hygiene during food preparation in the kitchen is essential to everyone’s health. Whether its at home, a commercial kitchen, catering, or a food factory. Kitchen hygiene forms the basis for any food safety system. What are the 10 Basic kitchen hygiene rules? 1. Keep your hand clean (Kitchen hygiene rule 101): Keeping your hands…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new species of Listeria has been discovered by Scientists from Cornell University. Five previously unknown species of Listeria have been added to the list. The most infamous of the genus you may recognise; Listeria monocytogenes, an opportunistic pathogen that causes listeriosis. A food-borne illness affecting several processed foods. Where was the new Listeria species…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In September 2020, China suspended importing fishery products from Indonesia due to novel coronavirus contamination on outer packages. There were also reports of around 10 cases of SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 virus in the frozen products or its packaging from Russia. Further reports have highlighted safety issues on imported frozen foods. There are two issues to be aware of in…
Reading Time: 3 minutes For most December is the busiest season of the year. High volumes of food is prepared, served and eaten. This means that there are natural risks that increase as a result of the higher volumes. Meaning we need to know how to manage food poisoning risks over the festive season.
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