Bradford Council is aiming to help bust myths about food hygiene during Food Safety Week which starts today.

The week promotes messages to reduce food-borne illnesses, with the theme this year being ‘What goes on behind closed doors’.

It comes as there is global panic over an e.coli outbreak which originated in northern Germany and which has seen 1,800 people infected so far – 11 in the UK. Worldwide, 18 people have died.

In partnership with the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the Council is highlighting what people do in their own kitchens to see how they create food hygiene problems that they are unaware of.

To help people identify common mistakes, the FSA has created a myth-busting quiz and a video diary to explain what mistakes families make in the way they store, prepare and cook food.

The Council’s environmental health officers will be delivering their message to the public at classes being held at the Ministry of Food Centre in John Street, Bradford, and during a visit to St Edmund’s Children’s Centre in Girlington.

Meanwhile a mobile food vendor says he is ‘made up’ after achieving a five star hygiene rating from the Council for his fledgling enterprise.

David Bevans, his partner Liz Plews and Liz’s mum Joyce Midgley, who helps out, were delighted when they received the rating in Bradford Council’s Scores on the Doors scheme, which rates restaurants for their cleanliness and hygiene.

David and Liz set up Jake’s Place, named after Liz’s 12-year-old son, six months ago on Hebden Road between Haworth and Oxenhope.

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