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Environmental health practitioners at the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in Torquay 14-16 September will discuss the introduction of a new weapon in the battle to improve food hygiene.
The proposed new system would require the owners of food premises, including restaurants, pubs and takeaways, to post the results of food inspections visibly at their premises, possibly even on the front doors, to inform potential customers of the standards of food hygiene and safety, whether they be good or bad.
Jenny Morris, CIEH policy officer, said, "This type of 'scores on doors' scheme is used widely across the USA and a similar scheme has recently been introduced in Toronto, Canada where it has been warmly welcomed by consumers and regulators. In the USA, premises have to display a scorecard with capital letters A
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