Birmingham Food Council Spring Newsletter 2016
We’re about to begin our third year. Our Spring 2016 Newsletter reports on what we’ve achieved over the last couple of years…
Read Project to raise food hygiene standards in Birmingham
In collaboration with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Birmingham Environmental Health, we’re several months into a project to raise food hygiene ratings in the city. We’ve begun by targeting care homes, schools and nurseries — and I’m delighted to report, we’ve...
Read Question and Answer for Catherine Brown . . .
Jim Parle: Why doesn’t everyone who sells food have to show their food standards hygiene rating?
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 3)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 2)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh Tonight Catherine Brown from the Food Standards Agency is speaking at our annual meeting, these are some notes from her presentation: What can/should we do? It is...
Read Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at our Annual Meeting (Part 1)
Catherine Brown Chief Exec FSA at Birmingham Food Council's Annual Meeting from podnosh Tonight Catherine Brown from the Food Standards Agency is speaking at our annual meeting, these are some notes from her presentation: The things she is covering are: What...
Read FSA Chief Executive Catherine Brown to address our first Annual Meeting
On 4th November, Catherine Brown returns to Birmingham to address our first Annual Meeting. Mark Rogers will be chairing. Registration is via eventbrite here. It’s timely that Catherine returns to the city. Food safety and integrity is of increasing concern...
Read Food Standards Agency: Birmingham City Council audit report
Last April, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) undertook an audit of Birmingham City Council. You can find it on-line here. The FSA undertook this audit “due to ongoing concerns arising from the Authority’s past and present submissions of key...
Read Discussion : Food Crime and Integrity
These are notes and quotes paraphrased from the round table discussion at the Food Crime and Integrity Event Wednesday 3rd December 2014. Comment: It’s really pleasing that the Elliott report was produced – and that the FSA are developing the food crime...
Read Nick Lowe, from Birmingham Environmental Health: an update on what’s happening locally
These are notes paraphrased from Nick Lowe’s presentation at the Food Crime and Integrity Event Wednesday 3rd December 2014. I though I’d start with a mention of this – as we talked about the horse meat scandal – I want to...
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