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British Food Journal Volume 88 Issue 3 1986

British Food Journal

ISSN: 0007-070X

Article publication date: 1 March 1986

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Abstract

In the matter of food purity and control Hospital Catering Services have been outside the law, a privileged position where the general law of food and drugs have never applied and the modern regulatory control in food hygiene has similarly not applied. In the eyes of the general public hospital catering standards have always been high above the general run of food preparation. As the NHS continued, complaints began gradually to seep out of the closed community, of dirt in the kitchens and prevalent hygiene malpractices. The general standard for most hospitals remained high but there were no means of dealing with the small minority of complaints which disgusted patients and non‐cater‐ing staff, such as insect and rodent infestations, and an increase in the frequency of food poisoning outbreaks.

Citation

(1986), "British Food Journal Volume 88 Issue 3 1986", British Food Journal, Vol. 88 No. 3, pp. 61-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb011770

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1986, MCB UP Limited

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