About Us Services Sectors News & Opinion Case Studies Contact Google Translate Twitter LinkedIn News Opinion Acoura Opinion Leading seafood expert joins Acoura as Strategic Adviser 27 September, 2016 In another senior appointment, leading seafood expert and former Director of Young’s Seafood Limited Mike Mitchell has joined Acoura, the global leaders... Read More Protect your staff and customers from norovirus 9 May, 2016 Following the recent Norovirus outbreak that affected 60 people in a Kettering pub, what should pub operators be doing to prevent a similar outbreak? Stuart... Read More Pubs and Restaurants need to address growing consumer demand for quality assurance 5 April, 2016 At a time when processors and supermarkets are being pressured by consumers to deliver higher levels of quality assurance, Acoura believe pubs and restaurants... Read More Tennent’s calorie announcement could push legislative change warns Acoura 26 February, 2016 Last week, Scottish Brewing giant Tennent’s announced it will display calorie details on its bottles, cans and beer mats. The move, is the first of its... Read More Fish fraud threat needs to be addressed 11 November, 2015 2013’s Horsegate may go down as a watershed moment in the battle against food fraud for the red meat supply chain, but its undoubted impact on the wider... Read More Acoura assist with food safety project in Zambia 17 September, 2015 In September 2015 I travelled to the Robert Shitima Project in Kabwe as a Trustee of its fund-raising charity, Zamcog (www.zamcog.org.uk). The Orphanage and... Read More Farmers need to address the industry’s health and safety issues 8 August, 2015 In the UK, agriculture is the most dangerous sector to work in, with fatalities up to 16 times more likely to happen than in the general workforce. Farming is... Read More Acoura offer food labelling insight on BBC 5 Live 4 August, 2015 Special Advisor to the Acoura Board, Dr Lisa Ackerley, appeared on yesterday’s BBC Radio 5 Live afternoon show to discuss food waste and the importance... Read More CDM 2015 an Acoura Guide 31 July, 2015 In April this year the regulations surrounding Construction Design Management (CDM) changed. Acoura’s CDM experts Pat Perry and Simone Harris-Stephens... Read More Quality Assurance key to the Wild Venison sector 14 July, 2015 Jonathan Whitehead has worked for Acoura for around eight years, and is currently Livestock Schemes Technical Manager for the Agriculture Division. Prior to... Read More Nobody is ready for BRC’s Vulnerability Assessments 30 June, 2015 With supply chains becoming increasingly complicated and food scares very much at the forefront of consumer and retailer consciousness, BRC have moved to... Read More CDM Changes - what to expect 10 June, 2015 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 Pat Perry qualified as an environment health officer in 1978, and went on to establish her own... Read More Engaging with Customers is only way to Provide the Service they need 3 June, 2015 Tim Bailey is Acoura's Managing Director of Agriculture and Food Manufacturing. "I joined SFQC (now Acoura) over 12 years ago, originally for a two-year post,... Read More More work needs to be done to reduce campylobacter levels in chicken 28 May, 2015 Yesterday the Food Standard Agency (FSA) released the findings of a year-long study into campylobacter levels in store-bought chicken. The results, 73% of... Read More Record fine for Northern Irish E.coli outbreak was completely avoidable 13 May, 2015 Last week, Flicks Restaurant of Belfast, was fined a record £110,000 for causing the largest E.coli occurrence ever recorded in Northern Ireland. The... 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