“There are no rats.” (There were.)
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…
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“It’s sunstroke,” they said. Spoiler: it wasn’t.
EHO Story 📩 This one goes way back, long before I was an Environmental Health Officer and food safety trainer, back when I was just a 13-year-old on holiday in…
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A typical day in the life of an EHO (if such a thing exists)
EHO Story 📩 People often ask what it’s like being an Environmental Health Officer. They usually imagine a quiet day of clipboard in hand checking fridges, and maybe a polite word…
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What an EHO did with a pen after touching mouse poo…
EHO Story 📩 A fellow Environmental Health Officer (EHO) told me this story recently and it had me laughing and cringing in equal measure. They were out on a visit,…
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Red boards are for raw.
EHO Story 📩 This one’s from personal experience, and I still feel disappointed when I think about it. Last year, my husband and I were driving back from a ski trip…
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The day a defrosting rat made it into court 🐀
EHO Story 📩 You’d think after a while, nothing in environmental health would surprise you. But then one day, a fellow Environmental Health Officer (EHO) shares this story with you. It’s…
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The time I got food poisoning (even after doing everything right) 🤢
EHO Story 📩 As an EHO, I like to think I know how to avoid food poisoning. I’ve inspected hundreds of food businesses, spotted all the red flags, and advised countless people on…
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“Because you gave me a zero…”
EHO Story 📩 A fellow EHO shared this story with me recently, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. They were interviewing the owner of a food business who had…
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The time I (almost) poisoned myself at my own leaving do…
EHO Story 📩 You’d think that as an Environmental Health Officer, I’d be the last person to fall victim to a dodgy meal. But let me tell you about the…
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The time I walked into a shop… and the staff member walked out
EHO Story 📩 I’ve had some interesting reactions when turning up for a food hygiene inspection—nervousness, awkward jokes, even the occasional eye-roll. But this one was a first. I went…
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The chopping board that grew legs… (almost)
EHO Story 📩 I’ve seen a lot of questionable things during food hygiene inspections, but this one stuck with me, probably because it looked like it was about to start growing legs and walk off…
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The most awkward EHO Inspection ever…
EHO Story 📩 There are some things you expect to find during a food hygiene inspection—dirty chopping boards, out-of-date food, maybe even the odd mouse dropping. Then there are the…
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What happens when the EHO opens a broken fridge door?
EHO Story 📩 I once went to do a routine food hygiene inspection at a kebab shop. Nothing too out of the ordinary—just checking the usual things while the staff…
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Love is in the air… and so are Food Hygiene Inspections
EHO Story 📩 Since it was Valentine’s Day last week, let’s stick with that theme—because nothing says romance like a food hygiene inspection ❤ When I worked in local government,…
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I kicked my colleague in the head…
EHO Story 📩 When I worked in local government, Friday afternoons in the office were always when the most “interesting” calls would come in. This particular Friday was no different.…
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