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  • FSA update on salmonella outbreak

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    (August 2008) Dawn Foods withdraws cooked bacon products because of the risk of salmonella.

  • Free Food Safety Training – Horsham

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    A grant for £40,000 has been awarded to provide free food safety training for up to 150 local businesses in the Horsham District. Valued at £350 per business, the professional training is available to small-to-medium food-related businesses, including small restaurants, caterers, cafés, sandwich vendors, corner shops and market stall holders. Horsham District Council together with…

  • Bovril Recalled

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    Unilever UK has recalled some Bovril Beef Extract because of the presence of salmonella.  For more details see the Food Standards Agency website.

  • Organic vs Conventional Farming – the debate

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    Waitrose has recently published an excellent podcast of a debate about organic issues between Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association, and Anthony Gibson, Director of Communications for the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). Very interesting, informative and thought-provoking – and it’s refreshing to listen to a reasonable debate where the participants aren’t knocking metaphorical lumps…

  • Love Your Leftovers

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    Which? revealed today the results of a survey, commissioned by Sainsbury’s, which showed that people are wasting less food because of the credit crunch. People are cooking more from scratch and using up leftovers more often. However, a spokesperson for Sainsbury’s said that the research had also revealed that widespread confusion over “best before” and…

  • Wozza’s Whoopsie

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    A slip of the tongue has chef Antony Worrall Thompson accidentally recommending using a poisonous plant in recipes…