Food Hygiene & Food Safety
 According to the United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) an estimated 5.5 million people a year are affected by food poisoning in England and Wales, the vast majority as a result of eating in a restaurant, café, takeaway or fast food outlet.
Kent Hygiene Solutions are committed to improving public health and so our aim is to assist food businesses to maintain or improve hygiene standards and so to reduce food poisoning and other ill effects from consuming food.
We are able to assist all types of food businesses including caterers, restaurants, public houses retailers, distributors and manufacturers.e following areas.
Premises and system audits:
Our staff have environmental health or equivalent qualifications with experience of industry and/or enforcement will examine your premises, systems and procedures in detail. We will produce a detailed report identifying legal contraventions as well as areas where improvements can be made in good practice. Our practitioners will then work with you to produce an action plan leading to improvements in standards and a reduction in complaints, loss of customers, wastage etc.
Production of Documented Food Safety Management Systems:
It has been a good practice for many years and a requirement of most food industry codes of practice that food producers should have food safety management systems in place. It is now a legal requirement that all food businesses should have documented systems based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).
Kent Hygiene Solutions have experience of producing effective workable schemes for a whole range of food producers including schools, caterers and manufacturers. We are also actively involved through our sister company (Colin Hamer Associates) with the implementation of the FSA scheme for caterers and retailers called Safer Food Better Business.
Scores on the Doors upgrades
Kent hygiene Solutions can audit and advise on systems, procedures and practices that will improve your "Scores on the Doors" rating.
Supplier audits
For any food business to be confident that its product is safe it is essential that they obtain their ingredients from reputable suppliers with at least the same standards as their own.
Kent Hygiene Solutions can visit and undertake detailed audits of your suppliers. Using our network of associates this can occur wherever your supplier trades at minimal cost to you.
Preparation for External Audits
Are you looking for the type of external accreditation that will enable you extend your customer range? If you are aiming to achieve British Retail Consortium accreditation or other industry accreditations such as that of the British Sandwich Association.
Kent Hygiene Solutions has experience in successfully preparing food businesses for this type of external audit.
Staff Training
See training page
Enforcement Authority liaison
Kent Hygiene Solutions is staffed with Environmental Health Practitioners most of whom are still working in food safety enforcement either through our sister company Colin Hamer Associates or or directly within local authority environmental health departments.
Kent Hygiene Solutions are the ideal people to liaise with the environmental health or trading standards department on your behalf.
Food Standards
Kent Hygiene solutions have the expertise to audit and advise on food labelling and food composition issues.
Help line
We are available on the end of the phone or by email to provide immediate advice. This is free service to our clients.
Please contact us for further details, if required we may, with their permission, be able to provide the names and contact details of existing and past customers.
We may not be able to accept clients trading in Ashford (Kent), Swale or Sevenoaks but contact us for a further information |
