Food Safety

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    Are celebrity cookbooks giving you food poisoning?

    Unsafe food handling instructions and lack of reliable cooking indicators and end point temperatures in celebrity cookbooks may give you food poisoning.

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    Should you keep ketchup in the cupboard or the fridge?

    Do you keep your ketchup in the cupboard or the fridge?

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    Can crispy roast potatoes really cause cancer and other food myths busted

    Another day, another shouty headline about foods that can have an adverse effect on our health. Today's warning came from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) who warned that burnt toast, chips and over-cooked roast potatoes could increase your chances of developing cancer. “We find ourselves fascinating – so it’s no surprise that we’re hungry for anything relating to the health of our bodies, our longevity," explains Dr Nick Summerton, GP and Medical Director at Bluecrest Wellness of the food safety

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    This is how long you should keep your Christmas leftovers for

    It’s been enough time since Christmas now that it’s finally time to reconsider eating those leftovers still sat in the fridge. Sadly, it’s probably time to offer up most of those Christmas treats to the bin unless you’ve popped them in the freezer already. According to Adam Hardgrave, food safety expert at the Food Standards Agency, any leftover turkey or ham should really be eaten within 48 hours unless it’s been frozen.

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    Horrifying pictures of filthy hotel kitchen

    The three star Great Western Hotel in Swindon has been fined £20,000 after health inspectors checked the kitchens last year, and discovered a shocking level of filth. They described the food safety breaches as 'appalling'. The state of

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    Foods to avoid if you're over 65

    Pic: Getty Images Food poisoning is an unpleasant experience at best for the majority of people, but for the over-65s it can be a serious problem. Older people are not only at a higher risk of food poisoning, they are also often less well equipped

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  • BusinessAOL

    Filthy sweet shop fined after inspectors make grim find

    A Pakistani sweet shop in Oldham, Greater Manchester, has been made to pay £4,000 after health inspectors found disgusting things in the kitchen which risked making customers ill. The state of the kitchens was appalling, but was it the