I’ve always taken gambles when it comes to testing the ‘doneness’ of things, and this sense of lottery normally reaches a tension-filled crescendo just before lunch on Christmas day, when I’m stood in front of an enormous turkey, out of the oven, wrapped in foil, rested and I start to wonder … is it cooked [...]
Britain’s new coalition government is rumoured to be considering scrapping the Food Standards Agency, the non-ministerial government department responsible for public health in relation to food. Officially, the FSA is ‘under review’, which is usually a process that can only really end in one way’. The FSA’s duties would be absorbed by the Department of [...]
I’ve learnt a thing or two about food safety and hygiene this week, courtesy of an online course from Virtual College. Virtual College are a supplier of e-learning courses to business and industry, and have content covering a huge range of vocational subjects. I completed their Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering course, and I’ve [...]