Safer Food Better Business 
The FSA coaching videos: A great resource for food handlers and food business operators. It takes about 20 minutes to watch the series. Click the links for each topic.
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Allergy Awareness 
Anaphylaxis
5 top tips-
1) Know your people
2) Know when to use an Auto Injector
3) Know how to use an Auto injector
4) Know the position to put someone in
5) Know how to manage a casualty whilst waiting for help
Continue reading “Allergy Awareness Week – Anaphylaxis -First Aid”
We can help! We have a number of 1 and 1/2 day courses that will:
For more information about the courses go to Our Courses page on the website.
Food businesses must have a food management system and Safer Food Better Business is just that. Chris, from Number Sixteen Café and Bistro talks SFBB.
What would you do if you got WD40 on your skin, bleach in your eye or inhaled fly spray? 
There is a lot of information already on the product to help you. A hazardous chemical symbol: a black symbol inside a red diamond is now the global method of explaining the hazard/s. Continue reading “Talking COSHH”
This was Rory tackling a eucalyptus tree in Queensland, yesterday!
All of you outdoor workers, you know the dangers and hopefully you have good safety controls in place. But, when things go wrong, they really go wrong. Continue reading “Where’s Rory?”
Don’t be scared be prepared. Now is an important time to make sure your first aid refresher is up to date. There will be situations when we have to consider the effects of COVID 19. Continue reading “Refresh your First Aid to deal with COVID19”
Don’t forget the newly issued Food Standards Agency reopening after Covid -19 checklist for food businesses.
According to the Food Standards Agency ‘Reopening your food business after a period of closure will require some extra checks alongside your ‘normal’ daily opening checks. These will help to make sure that your business can restart safely.
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Mental Health Awareness week, being kind is the theme. There has never been a better time to be kind. It can be as simple as just listening to someone: it costs nothing but gives a great boost to mental health.
In your business are..
-all food safety controls in place
-there no repairs outstanding (check last report)
-the premises and equipment clean
-all likely pests controlled
-Food Management System in place and working
-all people involved aware of the hazards & controls
-all food handlers trained according to their duties
-key personnel trained in HACCP
-complying or exceeding legal requirements?
this is a 5 or ‘Very Good’
Continue reading “How do I get a 5 Star Rating?”