The Costs and Benefits of Food Hygiene Standards

The Costs and Benefits of Food Hygiene Standards

Costs of poor food hygiene

Any Food Business can be adversely affected by having poor food hygiene practices as it can cause:

• Poorer quality product and disappointed consumers.
• Pest infestation.
• Loss of production.
• Fines and closure of shop by Environmental Health Officers (EHO).
• Articles in the press about any prosecutions.
• Loss of good reputation and customers.
• Sued by food poisoning victims.
• Losing job due to closure of shop.

Remember Poor Hygiene can affect your job and your health too. Everyone is responsible for Food Safety and Quality, not just Managers and Business owners.

Benefits of good food hygiene

If you get it right, the benefits include:

• Better quality product and longer shelf life.
• Satisfied customers who will come back again, and may recommend your product to others.
• More business and better job security.
• Premises less attractive to pests.
• More pleasant working environment.
• More profit.