Hygiene

As leading Cape Town meat wholesalers, we often around this time of the year cover the need for food safety and how best to prepare for the upcoming holidays. This year is no different, especially when we consider the continued need for the highest hygiene standards, and the rising cost of food where we want to avoid food wastage wherever possible.
So, to help you stay healthy and to save money this festive season, here are 7 tips to keep in mind:

Most often around this time of year N1, as responsible providers of the best quality meat Cape Town have to offer, cover the need for food safety and how best to prepare for the upcoming holidays next month, but this year it is more important than ever before! Considering the unprecedented experience of lockdown in 2020, most of us are looking forward to spending time with family and friends over the festive season, but we do need to be extra careful in terms of hygiene, social distancing, and food prep.

At N1 we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure all our food products are of the highest quality and meet the most stringent safety regulations. We achieve this by being both HACCP and ISO 9001 certified – these are internationally recognised, science-based and quality management systems that guarantee the highest standards are adhered to and maintained on an ongoing basis.
 

We all know how important it is to wash our hands properly before and after working with food to prevent cross-contamination, but we sometimes underestimate the importance of allocating different cutting boards to different food types to further ensure food safety. 

The Cleaver Awards is an initiative of the South African Red Meat Industry Forum. Conceived in 2005, its aim is to acknowledge butcheries which meet consumer expectations around in-store hygiene, quality of meat, level of competence in offering meal preparation advice, and perceived value for money.

At N1 we go to extraordinary lengths to ensure all our food products are of the highest quality and meet the most astringent safety regulations. We achieve this by being both HACCP and ISO 9001 certified – these are internationally recognised, science-based and quality management systems that guarantee that the highest standards are adhered to and maintained on an ongoing basis.

Accreditation in any business is essential, but never more so than when it involves food safety. To ensure the highest standards, N1 is both HACCP and ISO 9001 certified. In this blog, we take a closer look at HACCP and what that means for both the business and you, the consumer.

Only a few days to go and then it’s officially the start of another summer. Along with warmer weather and gusty winds if you call Cape Town home or summer rains if you’re further north in Johannesburg; comes the need to be extra vigilant about food safety, because we’re not the only ones that love heat – bacteria do too and it doesn’t take much for them to procreate.