EHO Story 📩 Christmas is one of the busiest times for restaurants. But what happens when a venue booked to host the council’s environmental health team’s own Christmas lunch ends

EHO Story 📩 Friday afternoons in Environmental Health were never dull. Just as everyone was ready to head home, the most unusual calls always seemed to come in. One particular

EHO Story 📩 Working in food safety, you learn to expect the unexpected. But some complaints still take you by surprise. Take this one. It came in late on a

EHO Story 📩 I’ve inspected a lot of kitchens, and I’m used to finding dirty equipment. But one inspection left me genuinely shocked. In the corner of a prep area

EHO Story 📩 Some inspections are routine, you know, checks of cleaning, storage, prep, food safety records, food safety management systems etc. But every so often, something happens that you

EHO Story 📩 Back when I worked in local government, I was sometimes involved in nighttime raids on food businesses, part of a multi-agency team with the police, Border Agency, licensing, and

EHO Story 📩 Ever wondered what an Environmental Health Officer is doing before they turn up at your door? Because while most people imagine we just pop in unannounced and start taking

EHO Story 📩 This one takes me back to my days working in local government. There was a kebab shop I was working with. The owner was defensive from day

EHO Story 📩 Back when I was working in local government, I closed a food business due to a severe rat infestation. This wasn’t a borderline case.There were droppings across