EHO Story 📩 I once went to do a routine food hygiene inspection at a takeaway. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just the usual checks while the team hovered nearby

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 who hadn’t followed up on

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 cooling records. Every single

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 there are moments you

EHO Story 📩 When I worked in local government, there was a moment in inspections that came up more than once. And every time, it told me A LOT. I’d

EHO Story 📩 There are certain questions EHOs and auditors ask during inspections that instantly reveal how well a kitchen understands its food safety systems. One of those questions is

EHO Story 📩 Gloves have always been a bug bear for EHOs. Not because they are inherently bad, but because of how they are used. People treat them like a

EHO Story 📩 One of the questions I get asked a lot, especially from food business owners is: “What actually happens when someone complains about us?” Whether it’s a customer

EHO Story 📩 Today, I want to talk about prep labelling. This is not one single horror story, but a greatest hits collection of prep labelling mistakes I have seen over years