10 August 2007
Safer Food Better Business "Stars In Their Eyes"

Scores on the Doors schemes aim to motivate food businesses to raise food safety standards by naming and shaming the good, the bad and the ugliest places to eat. Although the Food Standards Agency may create a national scheme in time, a variety of systems are now in place. Some use stars, some smiley faces, some points, tulips even.

10 August 2007
'No Splutters' Over Smoke-Free Law

Most pubs, hotels and restaurants in England are abiding by the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, according to figures from the Department of Health.
The data shows 97 per cent of the 88,899 premises visited in the first two weeks of the legislation were smoke-free. Enforcement officers found 79 per cent were displaying the correct no-smoking signage.

27 July 2007
Chertsey Bar Owner Admits Food Charges

The owner of a popular bar in Chertsey has been prosecuted for food safety offences, including keeping personal clothing in and around the kitchen.

31 July 2007
Safe Cooking of Burgers

The Food Standards Agency today reiterated advice on the safe cooking of burgers, following a report from its independent committee of experts on microbiological safety.

05 June 2007
The Smoking Ban

Hard-hitting media advertisements that show the human tragedy and impact on families as a result of fatalities from smoking and the effects to others subjected to secondary smoke have all proved powerless to stamp out this antisocial addiction.

02 February 2007
Matalan Cash Offer 'derisory'

An elderly woman almost killed when a swinging barrier smashed through her car windscreen has branded a compensation offer from retailer Matalan as derisory.

05 January 2007
Watchdog to Lead Review of Law Enforcement

A fundamental review of food law enforcement by local authorities has been launched by the Food Standards Agency.

05 January 2007
Club 'chose profit over safety'

A leisure company that failed to remove asbestos from a nightclub has been fined £90,000 for ?choosing profit over safety?.

05 January 2007
Hotel Fined £14,000 After Chef?s Burns

A hotel has been fined £14,000 after a commis chief slipped and burnt his arm in a deep fat fryer. Daniel Ashton sustained full thickness burns to his arm and hot oil was splashed on to his face at the Mottram Hall Hotel in Mottram, Cheshire.

05 January 2007
Smoking Ban Funding Announced

The Department of Health and the Local Government Association have agreed £29.5m funding to help councils implement the smoke-free provisions of the Health Act 2006 between now and the end of 2008.

27 October 2006
Garage Fined After Man is Crushed to Death

A vehicle recovery company in Widnes has been fined £96,000 after a man was crushed to death while working underneath a bus.

27 October 2006
Gang Caught Picking Toxic Cockles

An illegal gang of cockle pickers have been caught trying to harvest cockles infected with toxic algae by North Cornwall DC.

08 September 2006
Scores on Doors Conference Launch

Restaurants and other food premises across the country may be obliged to visibly display their food inspection reports, whether they be good or bad, delegates were told at the annual conference of the CIEH.

08 September 2006
Charity Warns of 'super rats'

Super rats fuelled on a high-protein diet of discarded kebabs and chicken wings are threatening public health, according to Keep Britain Tidy.

02 June 2006
Oyster Illness

Marine health inspectors have launched an investigation into how a deadly disease struck at an harvested natural oyster bed at Burton Beach, River Cleddau, in south west Wales.

12 January 2006
Beware the Allergy and Look for the Label

EHP finds out how the new food allergen labelling laws affect us. Dr Ian Leitch and Hazel Gowland answer questions on the legislation. Dr Leitch is a senior EHP for Omagh DC working in food control. Hazel Gowland is an expert in food allergies.