Comments on: Council apologises for café blunder http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02708-council-apologises-for-cafe-blunder/ Greenwich news and information Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Spenser http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/02708-council-apologises-for-cafe-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-13597 Spenser Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:30:15 +0000 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/?p=2708#comment-13597 It would be useful if the council used this opportunity to clarify the purpose of their food hygiene awards and to tell us all how they differ from a standard environmental health examination. If, as Rob says above, the awards are given to premises where food is handled and prepared safely, why are those many, many establishments who have no award allowed to remain open? In short, do the food hygiene awards mean anything at all? Seriously, if a coincil representative could clearly explain the significance of the award we would all know what levels of hygiene we're dealing with. I have to admit, bearing in mind that none of the premises which fail the test have been asked to close, it seems meaningless to me - a bit like a gold star for being a good boy in class... It would be useful if the council used this opportunity to clarify the purpose of their food hygiene awards and to tell us all how they differ from a standard environmental health examination.

If, as Rob says above, the awards are given to premises where food is handled and prepared safely, why are those many, many establishments who have no award allowed to remain open? In short, do the food hygiene awards mean anything at all?

Seriously, if a coincil representative could clearly explain the significance of the award we would all know what levels of hygiene we’re dealing with. I have to admit, bearing in mind that none of the premises which fail the test have been asked to close, it seems meaningless to me – a bit like a gold star for being a good boy in class…

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