Items in the topic ‘food’

News: New food hygiene Bill can show Wales leading the way

Published: 28 May 2012

A new Welsh law to promote food hygiene has the potential to make Wales the safest place to eat in the UK, according to Wales’ consumer champion.

Topics: food, food hygiene, Liz Withers, scores on the doors, slide

Publication: Protecting Consumers from E.coli O157: A statement on progress 2012

Published: 28 March 2012

For the past two years, Consumer Focus Wales has published a report scrutinising the
implementation of the recommendations of the Pennington Inquiry into the E.coli outbreak
in 2005 in which 44 schools were affected and a total of 157 people, mostly children,
were diagnosed with E.coli O157. This statement is an update a year on about what has been done since our last report and where focus is still needed.

Topics: e.coli, food, food hygiene, Pennington

News: Wales leads the way – but watchdog disappointed by review delay

Published: 28 March 2012

‘There have been great strides in food safety, with the Welsh Government promising to make it law for the mandatory display of food hygiene ratings on food business premises. But we are disappointed that a year on from our last report, the Food Standards Agency food law enforcement review, commissioned by the Welsh Government, has yet to be published. It is 12 months overdue – this simply isn’t good enough for consumers in Wales.

Topics: e.coli, food, food safety, Liz Withers, slide

Publication: A response to the Welsh Government consultation on proposals for a Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Bill- March 2012

Published: 21 March 2012

Consumer Focus Wales welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation on the introduction of a statutory food hygiene ratings scheme. There is also strong consumer support for this proposal - 94 per cent of people in Wales think it should be compulsory for food businesses to display their food hygiene rating score.

Topics: food, food hygiene

News: Check food hygiene scores before you dine – Consumer Focus Wales

Published: 16 August 2011

Consumer Focus Wales is reminding people to check the hygiene ratings of their local food outlets in the light of the latest outbreak of E.coli in South Wales.

Topics: e.coli, food, food hygiene, food safety, FSA, Maria Battle

News: New Food Hygiene law will put Consumers in the driving seat

Published: 12 July 2011

“We are delighted that the Welsh Government has taken this step so that Wales will be the first country in the UK to put the ‘scores on the doors’ – and put consumers in the driving seat when it comes to food hygiene.”

Topics: e.coli, food, food hygiene, mandatory display, Maria Battle

News: Vulnerable groups served substandard food hygiene

Published: 22 March 2011

More than 60 food premises serving food to vulnerable people have substandard food hygiene ratings according to a report by watchdog Consumer Focus Wales. The E.coli O157 second progress report shows that nurseries, schools, colleges, care premises and hospitals in Wales require major food hygiene improvements. Since the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme started in October [...]

Topics: e.coli, food, food hygiene, food safety, mandatory display, Maria Battle, slide

Publication: Protecting Consumers from E.coli O157: second annual progress report – Summary Version

Published: 22 March 2011

In this report we have highlighted a number of related issues which, as an organisation tasked with representing consumers across Wales, we have concerns about.

Topics: food, food hygiene, food safety

Feature: Food Hygiene Map

Published: 21 March 2011

Consumer Focus Wales and CF Labs have produced a map to show the locations of premises serving food to vulnerable people which have a rating of 2 or below. This map accompanies the Consumer Focus Wales “Protecting consumers from E.coli 0157 – second progress report”

Topics: food, food hygiene, food safety, slide

News: Lack of cash and leadership threatens to derail food safety work

Published: 23 March 2010

More than £2.5m additional cash per year is needed to boost food safety standards and help environmental health services prevent another major E.coli catastrophe.

Topics: e.coli, food, food safety, health, Maria Battle, scores on the doors

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