Why food hygiene inspections feel like a gamble
EHO Story 📩 Picture this. I’d been an Environmental Health Officer for a few years, and I was walking into what I thought would be…
Author: Natalie Stanton
Natalie is a Chartered Environmental Health Officer with 13 years of experience in local government and the private sector. She's on a mission to save the hospitality industry from boring food safety training.
This is an EHO’s worst nightmare
EHO Story 📩 Over the past year, I have travelled around France quite a bit. I love France. I love the small villages, wandering around…
An EHO story with no disaster? 😲
EHO Story 📩 Most of my EHO stories involve something going wrong. This one doesn’t. In fact, this food business got it right. They were…
Trading safely in hot weather: A Guide for Outdoor Caterers
Guest blog by Forward Thinking EHS: Hot weather and food safety don’t always mix well, but with the right know-how, outdoor caterers can trade in the…
Can you show me how you take a temperature?
EHO Story 📩 There’s a moment during inspections that I’ve seen many, many times. And it usually starts quite well. I’m in the kitchen, talking…
The holiday that turned into a food safety lesson
EHO Story 📩 You’d think after years of inspecting kitchens and warning people about food poisoning, I’d know exactly how to avoid it myself. But…
I broke their fridge… or so I thought
EHO Story 📩 I once went to do a routine food hygiene inspection at a takeaway. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just the usual checks…
When a zero score made someone give up…
EHO Story 📩 A fellow Environmental Health Officer once shared a story that’s stayed with me ever since. They were interviewing a food business owner…
“Perfect” cooling records… or so it seemed
EHO Story 📩 Back in my local government days, I was inspecting a pub. The inspection was going fairly well until I asked to see…
The inspection that left us speechless
EHO Story 📩 Food inspections come with their fair share of surprises. Sometimes it’s mouldy food, sometimes a broken fridge, sometimes evidence of pests. But…
Then I asked for the probe
EHO Story 📩 When I worked in local government, there was a moment in inspections that came up more than once. And every time, it…
Allergen Information for Selling Food Online: 8 Things You Need to Know
Selling food online is now part of everyday business for many food operators. Whether you’re a home baker taking orders through Instagram or WhatsApp, or…
The probe thermometer question inspectors love to ask
EHO Story 📩 There are certain questions EHOs and auditors ask during inspections that instantly reveal how well a kitchen understands its food safety systems.…
The pizza truck, the police officer, and the nose wipe…
EHO Story 📩 Gloves have always been a bug bear for EHOs. Not because they are inherently bad, but because of how they are used.…
What really happens after a food safety complaint? 🤔
EHO Story 📩 One of the questions I get asked a lot, especially from food business owners is: “What actually happens when someone complains about…
