98% of consumers want the law changed to make all restaurants in England publicly display their Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Hygiene Ratings, according to new research carried out by food safety technology company Checkit.net. Currently, ratings must be displayed in Wales and Northern Ireland, but in England it is not compulsory. 92% of diners […]
Analysis in The Guardian that one in seven takeaways in the UK have failed food hygiene inspections demonstrates the potentially crippling cost of getting food safety wrong. The analysis, based on Food Standards Agency data, found that overall more than 30,000 UK restaurants failed food hygiene inspections – 6.4% of the total. Research from Checkit […]
Just when you thought the horsemeat saga was behind us, another company’s beef product has shown traces of horsemeat in it. Earlier this week, a third-party French supplier alerted Findus to concerns that the beef lasagne product did not “conform to specification”. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has now revealed that Findus had tested the […]