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Food Standards Agency Reneges on Welsh Promise

11th October 2010

HUSH believe that consumers have been misled by promises that a new food hygiene ratings system will be fully up and running this year in Wales. Piloted in Swansea and Wrexham, Scores on the Doors was to be rolled out across the rest of the country at the end of September, but the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that it will not base ratings on existing environmental health inspection reports and will make the data available on a gradual, inspection-by-inspection basis. This means that the full set of figures for higher risk premises will only become available to the public by the autumn of 2011 and it will be at least a further year before data is available on all food businesses.

HUSH member Sharon Mills, whose 5 year old son Mason died during the South Wales Outbreak of E.coli O157 in 2005, has accused the FSA of putting the interests of businesses before public safety. She believes this latest decision provides a get-out clause to failing restaurants, cafes, shops, pubs and takeaways, as does the decision not to make it mandatory for them to display their rating. She says: It was this soft-touch approach which allowed William Tudor to continue trading and which ultimately led to the 2005 outbreak which cost Mason his life.




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11th October 2010

HUSH believe that consumers have been misled by promises that a new food hygiene ratings system will be fully up and running this year in Wales. Piloted in Swansea and Wrexham, Scores on the Doors was to be rolled out across the rest of the country at the end of Septe... ...read on
9th September 2010

The Food Standard Agency (FSA) is currently running a Consultation entitled 'Reducing the Risk from E.coli 0157: Controlling Cross Contamination'. This consultation closes on 5th October 2010. As many of you will b... ...read on
13th July 2010

The largest outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to an Open Farm in the UK occurred at Godstone Farm, Surrey, in August and September 2009. There were 93 people affected, of whom 76 (82%) were under 10 years of age. Of the 78 people with symptoms, 27 (35%) were ad... ...read on
13th July 2010

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been fined 25,000 for a spillage of E.coli O157 at its centre in Colindale, north London. The Old Bailey heard that although nobody was infected, three employees were put at risk of contaminat... ...read on
17th May 2010

Officers from the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) joined police, health officials and fisheries authorities in Operation Enterprise; which involved undercover surveillance and night patrols on Rustington beach, West Sussex, and a 4.00 am raid at Billingsgate mar... ...read on
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