A council in England has prosecuted the previous owner of a restaurant for failing to comply with food safety regulations following a food poisoning outbreak in late 2022.
Surrey Heath Borough Council prosecuted the former
Continue Reading Restaurant fined after outbreak; councils seize smokies
Audited councils in an Australian state are not doing enough to protect public health, according to a report.
The Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) looked at whether agencies are complying with their legal responsibilities for
Continue Reading Audit finds councils can do more to ensure food safety
McDonald’s has been hit with a fine of more than half a million dollars after a mouse infestation was found at one of its branches in England.
The fast food chain was fined £475,000 ($596,500)
Continue Reading Separate hygiene breaches prompt fines at McDonald’s and Subway in UK
Two people have been given suspended prison sentences for their roles in food safety breaches by a seafood company in Wales.
Colin James Brown and Donna Brown, who ran Shores Seafood in Monkton, Pembroke, are
Continue Reading Duo handed suspended sentences for food safety failings
An association for butchers and small abattoirs in England and Wales has updated food hygiene advice.
National Craft Butchers (NCB) has reviewed existing assured advice and launched a food safety management system for butchers.
Since
Continue Reading UK group updates hygiene advice for butchers
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is helping to improve public health and food safety in Zimbabwe.
The FAO has trained environmental health personnel in the country on food safety risk
Continue Reading FAO part of project to boost food safety in Zimbabwe
A former butcher in England was fined this week after his business was linked to a Listeria outbreak. Officials said it was one of the biggest environmental health investigations the authorities have ever had.
Robert
Continue Reading Former butcher fined after Listeria outbreak link; his family now running shop
A man has been given a 10-month jail sentence in England after pleading guilty to 39 food hygiene offences.
Gent Jakupi of New Park St, Devizes and Andover Road, Ludgershall, pleaded guilty at Swindon Magistrates
Continue Reading Man jailed for running meat operation from car wash
A second inquiry into the closure of an Australian catering firm has found officials didn’t deliberately mislead investigators but omission of some evidence led to “considerable confusion”.
The parliamentary inquiry into the closure of I
Continue Reading I Cook Foods inquiry not misled but evidence errors caused confusion
Concerns have been raised again that several border control posts in the United Kingdom may not be ready by January when checks on some imports from Europe are scheduled to come into force.
Physical checks
Continue Reading UK border posts in race to be ready for EU import checks
