Food News and Events
Food News
- |Food Safety Myths
Some information, advice and tips regarding food hygiene and safety. 
|Sell-by, display-until, best-before and use-by dates
New government advice says firms should include only use-by or best-before dates and remove sell-by and display-until labels relating to stock control. The UK throws away about £12bn of edible food each year and critics say confusing packaging is partly to blame.
|Food Safety Week 6-10 June
Environmental Health & Licensing once again supported the annual Food Standards Agency's Food Safety Week campaign by highlighting E. coli food poisoning and the importance of food hygiene both domestically and commercially.- |Local Food Business fined over £5,000 for Food Safety Offences
At Guildford Crown Court on 13 May 2011, Mr Kevin Healy of Gold Keg Inns Ltd., proprietor of the Jolly Farmer, 41 Princes Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9BN, was sentenced to a fine of £4515 and ordered to pay the Council's full costs of £3738.48 for having no adequate procedures in place at the premises to control pests. |Read the full story ... - |Local Food Business fined £10,500 for Food Safety Offences
At Staines Magistrates Court on 27 April 2011, Elmbridge Borough Council successfully prosecuted the directors of B 14 (UK) Ltd for food safety offences found by Council officers at The Plough, Cobham, during a routine food hygiene inspection on 24 February 2010. |Read the full story ... - |Local Food Business Pleads Guilty to Food Hygiene Offences
At Staines Magistrates Court on the 30 March 2011, Elmbridge Borough Council successfully prosecuted the Company Director of Star Chef Limited, the food business operator at the Oriental Chef, 45 High Street, Walton-on-Thames, for Food Hygiene Offences. - |
It's now even easier to find out about food hygiene standards using our Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme
Our new search facility allows you to search by name, address (or any part of), business or type of premises to access information about the standards of hygiene at food premises following the most recent food hygiene inspection. - |Local Food Business Pleads Guilty to Food Hygiene Offences
At Staines Magistrates Court on the 22 September 2010, Elmbridge Borough Council successfully prosecuted a food business operator for food hygiene offences. |Read the full story ... 
|Eat out Eat well Award
Launched by Surrey Trading Standards in partnership with Surrey Councils, to reward caterers who make it easier for their customers to make healthy choices when eating out.
Food Events
- |National Food Safety Week 2011
This year National Food Safety Week ran from 6 -12 June. Food Safety Week is an annual event held to promote the importance of good food hygiene in the home.
