PUBLISHED: 08:58 14 March 2019 | UPDATED: 08:58 14 March 2019 Sophie Smith Morat Yuselin is appealing a bad food hygiene rating for Ali's Kebab Shop in Brandon. PHOTO: Sophie Smith Archant A kebab shop is appealing against its zero food hygiene rating. The Food Standards Agency said food at Ali's Kebab Shop in Brandon was not being kept at the right temperature. PHOTO: Sophie SmithThe Food Standards Agency found that Ali’s Kebab Shop on Brandon High Street needed urgent improvement on its management of food safety and major improvement in hygienically handling of food.But shop manager Morat Yuselin said the rating is “not normal at all” for the 26-year-old business, which usually has ratings of four or five.Problems outlined in the inspection report, carried out on February 15, included food held at 49.9C instead of the recommended 63C, and the refrigerator not being kept below 8C.The report said: “The mayonnaise based sauce was a … [Read more...] about Kebab shop appeals against zero food hygiene rating
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Maryland could become first state to ban foam food containers
Kristin Lam USA TODAY Published 1:01 AM EDT Mar 14, 2019 Maryland lawmakers have positioned the state to become the first in the nation to ban foam food containers and cups. Both chambers of the state legislature this month passed bills banning food containers made of polystyrene, known as plastic foam, the Baltimore Sun reported. A conference committee will work out the differences between the two bills, Del. Brooke Lierman, the sponsor of the House of Delegates version, told the Sun. Environmentalists say plastic foam breaks into tiny pieces, polluting waterways and streets. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the effort to stand up for our waterways, stand up for our neighborhoods, stand up for the world our kids will inherit,” Lierman said on the House floor, the Sun reported. The proposal would then require the approval of Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who has yet to take a position. Spokesperson Shareese … [Read more...] about Maryland could become first state to ban foam food containers
Paul Hollywood ‘axed from BBC’s Good Food Show and replaced with estranged wife’
Paul Hollywood has reportedly been axed from the Good Food Show and replaced by his estranged wife Alex. It's said that the Great British Bake Off judge has been dropped from the BBC event following a feud with his former co-star Mary Berry. Paul and Mary reportedly fell out after he broke up with his wife, 54, and started dating Summer Monteys-Fulham, 23. Mary is reported to have been upset with Paul over his treatment of Alex, and hoping to help her launch her career as a budding celebrity chef. A source told The Sun: "Mary has made clear where her loyalties lie. It's not with Paul. "She's still upset at how he behaved with Alex and is not even making an attempt to get to know summer. "To avoid any awkwardness with Paul she's more than happy to work with Alex and boost her profile as a budding celebrity cook." The BBC event, held in Birmingham in June, will now see Alex join Mary, 83, over her ex Paul, 53, according to the report. It's said that at the last Good Food Show, in … [Read more...] about Paul Hollywood ‘axed from BBC’s Good Food Show and replaced with estranged wife’
EWAN GURR: Show vividly underlines true brutality of food poverty
News / Dundee / Ewan Gurr by Ewan Gurr March 14, 2019, 6:05 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter I was invited by writer Tara Osman to a performance of Food Bank As It Is at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh. This is a vivid depiction of the brutality of food poverty, which was also performed last year at both Holyrood and Westminster. Tara opened by stating that she was a nurse-turned-foodbank manager but was not prepared for the people she encountered, many of whom were low-paid workers. I was most looking forward to the audience interaction at the end, when a man two rows in front of me shot out of his chair halfway through, bawling about the bias towards these lazy workshy waifs spending all their money on beer and fags. He was thoroughly convincing and shared at the end that an audience member at the performance the previous night took a swing at him, not realising he was an actor. Several people in the audience had themselves used a foodbank and … [Read more...] about EWAN GURR: Show vividly underlines true brutality of food poverty
Bring food waste here
COMPANIES in Yorkshire and Lancashire are being invited to bring their food waste to two recycling sites, one of them in Todmorden. TEG Environmental, which has composting sites at Preston and Todmorden, issued a statement this week inviting businesses to take what it says is the "green option" of recycling food waste by using the company's new collection service.But the move is sure to be controversial. When planning permission was first sought to develop a composting plant at the site, by Harlequin Composting, who later sold the site to TEG, market leaders in the technology, residents feared that waste from a wider area than the immediate locality would end up at the site.The plant is capable of handling up to 50,000 tonnes of waste each year and last summer residents said they believed the pilot food waste scheme whereby food waste from Calderdale Council's Todmorden and Park wards is processed by TEG would be "the thin end of the wedge".TEG's statement said they were launching a … [Read more...] about Bring food waste here