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Improving your Food Hygiene Rating
Food Hygiene Advice and Training
Ambrose Wood Consultants are a small team of Food Safety & Hygiene Consultants based in the Greater Manchester area. Having worked in the Food Safety teams for local authorities, we know exactly what Food Safety Officers are looking for when they inspect your premises and we are therefore ideally placed to give you the best possible advice. We pride ourselves on turning food businesses around and love nothing more than, seeing a business that we have helped be awarded a 5 star Food Hygiene Rating.
We know that there are many food businesses out there who are passionate about the food that they produce and want to produce it in a safe way, but just don’t know quite how to go about it or what the law expects of them. That is where we come in!
We offer Food Safety & Hygiene visits/ audits, Food Hygiene and Allergen training and help with Food Safety Management Systems general advice and guidance.
Food Hygiene Visits
Have you received a poor Food Hygiene Rating Score? A rating of 0, 1 or 2 can be really bad for your business, especially as consumers are now so aware of the scheme. Furthermore, the press often run stories about 0 and 1 star businesses in the local area, causing long term damage to a food business’ reputation.
Furthermore, although it is not yet compulsory to display Food Hygiene Rating Scores in England (it is in Wales), the Food Standards Agency are trying to make this mandatory and it is likely that legislation will be introduced within the next twelve months or so regarding this. Therefore, it is essential that food businesses try to improve their score as much as possible if they want their business to do well.
However, help is at hand! We are Food Hygiene and Safety Specialists and we can help your business to achieve the best possible Food Hygiene Rating Score. We will conduct a thorough inspection of your business, identify all issues, and then give you all the help and advice that you need to rectify the issues and comply with the law. This will put you in a very good position for your next routine inspection or when requesting a rescore visit (we can also help you with this procedure).
Don’t risk getting another poor score, or even legal action being taken against you - get us in first!
‘Safer Food, Better Business’ (SFBB) Coaching
The law states that all food businesses must have in place a written food safety management system based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), with the level of detail and record keeping required being relative to nature of your business.
For most takeaways and small cafes and restaurants, the Food Standards Agency’s ‘Safer Food, Better Business’ pack will suffice.
We offer a specialist visit in which we will help you to fulfil this legal requirement by training you on how to use the SFBB pack and, in effect, how to set up your own food safety management system..
An excellent food safety management system, which is being followed, plays an essential part in achieving a top Food Hygiene Rating. Good practices and a clean structure alone will not achieve this. Do not let the lack of a good food safety management system let you and your business down
Allergen Training
All food businesses, even those with a 4 or 5 star rating, should be aware that, from December 2014, all food businesses that sell non pre-packed foods e.g. takeaways, cafes etc, must provide information on allergens. This involves identifying whether any of the 14 main allergens are in their dishes, making sure that this information is accurate and verified and communicating it to customers clearly. A failure to comply with this requirement is a criminal offence under the Food Information Regulations 2014.
This requirement can seem overwhelming for some businesses but, again, we can help! We offer allergen training and coaching to help you comply with the allergen information requirements and to control allergens within your premises in order to avoid cross-contamination and produce safe food. Training on both allergen information and allergen control,
We also offer food hygiene training and help with your food safety management system. Remember that both of these are legal requirements and must be in place to secure a top rating, no matter how clean your premises and how good your practices are. Prices are available upon request
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We look forward to hearing from you and helping turn your business around!
Best Regards,
Ambrose Wood
Ambrose Wood Consultants
