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Food Safety in 4 hours

Ok so here’s the thing. I’m always happy giving free advice on Food Safety to anyone who needs it including small companies, who basically have no one else to ask and don’t know where to go. Sometimes the advice can be a quick 1-line answer and sometimes it’s a little bit more complicated. But by and large it’s mostly always questions like “how often do you have to take the temperature of their fridge?” and “how to calibrate their thermometers?” or “where to get the thermomet

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I found this an interesting read from a food magazine - QSR and oh so true. If you don't use approved suppliers or suppliers that have their own food safety measures in place, then as a food business you're basically playing Russian roulette with your ingredients and supplies. And that's even before you start cooking! 'How Using the Right Vendors Can Reduce Food Safety Risks Restaurant operators saw two cases of romaine lettuce outbreaks in 2018. The first, in April, impacte

It’s always weird when you have to write about yourself but anyway…here goes! I’ve been in education most of my life, in one form or other. But as an adult I’ve been a Lecturer for over 25 years and finally ventured into the food retail business 8 years ago. I decided it was time to get out of the classroom and walk the walk. Boy it’s hard out there. I built up my food business from nothing to delivering to Supermarkets from the top of North Island down to the bottom of the S