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	<title>MQM Consulting &#187; Food Safety</title>
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		<title>The gloves are off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Hygiene]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What an interesting article in the European Cleaning Journal that reports on a study about poor hand hygiene within healthcare workers who wear gloves! This hazard is something also recognised within the food industry of course. We have seen with our own eyes the lack of hand washing and significant potential for cross contamination caused by catering workers wearing gloves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No confirmed cause of Clostridium botulinum outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Safety News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Outbreaks and related news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food Quality News reports that a spokesperson from the Food Standards Agency has said that no confirmed cause of the family outbreak from the Lloyd Grossman Korma sauce, produced by Premier Foods, has yet been found. Investigations are ongoing but it seems to us that this one may slip away. The fact that only one jar was implicated is something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-safety-visits/update-on-food-hygiene-ratings-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-safety-visits/update-on-food-hygiene-ratings-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Hygiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food safety visits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Standards Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scores on the doors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Food Standards Agency has released updates on how our local authorities are progressing with the launch of the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme. It looks like good progress so far with 180 local authorities publishing over 140,000 ratings from 0 (urgent improvement required) to 5 (very good standards of food hygiene). Now it just needs rolling out properly to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advice to reduce risk from botulism</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-safety-news/advice-to-reduce-risk-from-botulism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Safety News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food poisoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Standards Agency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Food Standards Agency has released a communication concerning some common sense controls to avoid risk. The main points are targeted towards the consumer who does not need, of course, to follow mandatory food safety procedures and hence can be a source of their own risk.]]></description>
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		<title>A point for debate &#8211; product recall</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/outbreaks-and-related-news/a-point-for-debate-product-recall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/outbreaks-and-related-news/a-point-for-debate-product-recall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outbreaks and related news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food poisoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder whether we are just possibly over-reacting to risk in this case? The recall of Lloyd Grossman sauce has, according to the latest from the FSA, affected only one jar of the entire batch. The toxin that causes the illness is very easily destroyed by normal cooking and again that can be verified by the a linked article issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Sandwich Association adopts Food Hygiene Rating Scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/haccp/british-sandwich-association-adopts-food-hygiene-rating-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Hygiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Hygiene Audit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a positive move forward, the British Sandwich Association, the trade association which runs a food safety certification scheme for sandwich and sandwich mix manufacturers, has adopted a minimum 3 out of 5 score as a mandatory requirement for its retail members. The scheme awards score of 0 to 5 where 5 is excellent and 0 indicates urgent attention to food safety controls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Canteloupe Listeria outbreak linked to packaging machinery</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-industry-suppliers/us-canteloupe-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-packaging-machinery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-industry-suppliers/us-canteloupe-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-packaging-machinery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Safety News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HACCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microbiology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outbreaks and related news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suppliers to the food industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This recent and very serious Listeria outbreak in the US has been reported by Food Quality News as the worst in modern history with a death toll of 29. Listeria can, once it takes hold within the food area, be very difficult indeed to eliminate. The organism is associated with areas of wet and standing water, such as floors and drains. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRC Issue 6 Guidance Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/haccp/brc-issue-6-guidance-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/haccp/brc-issue-6-guidance-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HACCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRC Issue 6]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following our last post we continue our guidance on implementing a BRC Global Standard Issue 6 compliant HACCP Plan. &#160; Section 2.3 Describing the Product I&#8217;m often asked about the &#8220;point&#8221; of this, in a HACCP Plan. The answer is simple. It makes the HACCP Team consider the impact of the attributes of the product on the credible food safety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vomit polished cutlery in New York!!</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-hygiene/vomit-polished-cutlery-in-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/food-hygiene/vomit-polished-cutlery-in-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Hygiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scene: Late evening &#8211; a pub / restaurant in New York. A drunken man vomits into a glass which spills onto the table. A waiter takes off the table cloth and wipes the table with a large white cloth. No sanitiser! Another waiter comes along with a dry broom and &#8220;sweeps&#8221; the vomit that has fallen to the floor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSA recall &#8211; product packaged in unapproved premises</title>
		<link>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/haccp/fsa-recall-product-packaged-in-unapproved-premises/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mqmconsulting.co.uk/haccp/fsa-recall-product-packaged-in-unapproved-premises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Mallett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Safety News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HACCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EHO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This product recall has highlighted the importance of the mandatory requirement to seek premises approval before any food handling commences. The current EU Food hygiene regulations (853/2004) are quite clear on this. A submission for approval needs to be sent to the local authority &#8211; this will contain details such as: Details of products to be handled Management and site contact details [...]]]></description>
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