Food standards in the UK have largely been maintained following two years of upheaval – however challenges remain over the risk of reduced inspections and import controls.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is launching a consultation on ‘precautionary allergen information’, for example menus carrying statements that the kitchen cannot guarantee food is free from allergens.
A restaurant owner has been fined £3,000 over food safety offences after peanut protein was found in curries that were requested to be served nut-free.
Restaurant meat supplier Russell Hume has fallen in to administration weeks after it was shut down by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) over food hygiene concerns.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to launch a review of meat cutting plants and cold stores in the wake of ‘serious issues’ identified at two suppliers.
The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has sought to reassure customers after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched an investigation in to one of its meat suppliers.
Restaurants and other hospitality businesses are being urged check the source of their eggs following investigations into the Fipronil incident that found that significantly more eggs have been contaminated than first thought.
Mitchells & Butlers has apologised to an interviewee who was ‘mocked’ in a text message when applying for a job at its Miller & Carter steakhouse format.
Hawksmoor Group is closing the Stoke Newington branch of its neighbourhood restaurant brand Foxlow because it said it failed to get things right in the location.
The British Hospitality Association (BHA) has released a statement in response to Tricks of the Restaurant Trade, to offer guidance on cooking medium/medium rare burgers.
51 per cent of diners are ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ concerned about food safety in UK restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways, a report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has found.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has teamed up with former Made in Chelsea star Hugo Taylor to encourage consumers to check food hygiene ratings before booking a restaurant this Valentine’s Day.
Graham Corfield is the UK managing director of Just Eat. He tells BigHospitality what impact the upcoming allergen labelling regulations are having on restaurants.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is using the festive period to boost public awareness about food hygiene ratings after research revealed that four in ten UK diners never check the ratings of restaurants they eat in.
Andy Murray’s Cromlix House hotel claims it has fixed the problem that caused its Chez Roux restaurant to fail a food hygiene inspection earlier this year.
Birmingham’s fine dining scene has suffered a blow after it emerged that two top city establishments - Marco Pierre White’s Steakhouse & Grill and boutique hotel Malmaison - received zero food hygiene ratings earlier this year.
Budget cuts have left some local authorities struggling to enforce food hygiene standards in restaurants and takeaways, according to a new report from Which?
Consumer rights group Which? is urging restaurants to display their food hygiene rating in a prominent position after analysis of ratings for businesses in England, Northern Ireland and Wales found that there was a 'postcode lottery' when it...
Catering giant Sodexo and restaurant and pub supplier Burger Manufacturing Company (BMC) are the latest businesses to fall foul of the horsemeat scandal after some of their products have tested positive for equine DNA.
The UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operator, Whitbread, has found horsemeat in its lasagne and beef burger products that were reportedly sold in Premier Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill and Table Table outlets.
Restaurants, hotels and pubs operating in areas with Olympics venues or hosting events during the sporting festival can expect extra visits from food safety inspectors in the run-up to the event.
Kelsius, a provider of web-based food service solutions, has launched FoodCheck, a wireless system to control and monitor food hygiene and safety standards to comply with Food Standards Agency (FSA) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) processes.
Only six per cent of restaurants in Wales with low food hygiene ratings of 0, 1 or 2 are actually displaying the ratings in their premises, compared with 66 per cent of those businesses which have received a rating of 5.
Restaurants and pubs in London will not have to display compulsory food hygiene ratings after the trade groups BHA and BBPA won a legal battle against the proposal.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is encouraging local authorities to adopt its new national Food Hygiene Ratings System (FHRS), launched today at Bluewater shopping centre, to reduce the number of annual food poisoning cases.
Restaurants and food businesses across the UK may soon be faced with compulsory food hygiene rating, following recommendations from a government report that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) scheme becomes mandatory
A clutch of operators that took part in a Food Standards Agency trial of labelling menus with calorie information have decided not to continue with the scheme
Following speculation last week that the Food Standards Agency would be axed, the government has today announced the industry body will continue running, but without its responsibilities for nutrition and labelling
If you work in the hospitality industry, you will be in no doubt that it is one of the most heavily regulated business sectors. But do you know what the consequences are for your business and its employees if there is a breach of food safety rules?
A key policy maker at the Food Standards Agency has accused the hospitality industry of not playing its part in the battle to change consumer eating habits
The Conservative Party has said it wants to push forward with the Food Standards Agency's efforts to get restaurants to display nutrional information on menus and will do away with unit labels on alcohol if it gets into power at the next General...
Former Defra minister Lord Rooker will take over the role of chair of the Food Standards Agency later this month following the departure of Dame Deirdre Hutton
