Food

Food must be safe to eat and prepared in a clean and hygienic manner.

The Council carries out a number of activities to ensure that food manufactured, prepared, processed, displayed and sold within Broxbourne is safe to eat:

National Food Safety Week

This year Food Safety Week is 9-13 June 08

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Broxbourne Council environmental health officers were out and about last year with shoppers in Waltham Cross and Hoddesdon markets.

 

Shoppers completed a simple quiz in relation to the 4Cs and buying food from markets for which they received a free fridge/freezer thermometer.

 

Try the quiz yourself

Check your answers here     

                        

Food businesses advised to use properly cooked eggs

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Following an outbreak of salmonella poisoning connected to Spanish eggs, the Borough of Broxbourne is repeating its advice to caterers that only properly cooked or pasteurised egg should be used.

 

The initial findings of an investigation by environmental health officers have linked the outbreak to a cafe in west London, where at least five people had eaten before being taken ill.

 

Spanish eggs from the premises were found to be contaminated with two strains of Salmonella Enteritidis, both of which were found in people taken ill.

 

The Council would like to emphasise the need for good hygiene practice in the handling and use of eggs on catering premises. It has long been known that some eggs may be contaminated with the salmonella food poisoning bug.

Proper cooking of the egg will kill the bug.

 

If at all possible food businesses should use pasteurised egg, rather than ordinary egg, in products that will not be cooked or only lightly cooked before eating, as pasteurisation kills harmful bacteria such as salmonella. In kitchens and food preparation areas where ordinary eggs are being used, good food hygiene practices are important to avoid the risk of cross-contamination.

 

More information on the safe use of eggs in catering establishments can be seen by clicking here  or visiting the Food Standards Agency's website

 

Please contact the environmental health section on 01992 785511 for further information or e-mail the Council on envhealth@broxbourne.gov.uk