Pasta Evangelists has met the requirements to become ‘Safe to Trade’ approved – the consumer standard dedicated to improving food safety, hygiene and food standards.
Safe to Trade, which is the first voluntary, third-party assurance programme in the hospitality industry, supports the existing Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. However, it also requires businesses to be checked every year across all areas of food safety and hygiene, including front-of-house cleanliness, allergen management and food labelling.
The artisan pasta brand, which operates four dine-in restaurants, and offers ingredients kits to cook at home as well as freshly made hot meals via Just Eat and Uber Eats, confirmed that all 47 of its locations had met the requirements.
“Finally, we found a consumer standard tailored to hospitality, something which did not exist before Safe to Trade," said Pasta Evangelists quality and safety director Debra Piergentili.
“While we are well acquainted with certification bodies in manufacturing, restaurants and dark kitchens did not have a standard to comply with. For the first time ever, Pasta Evangelists had something to strive for in terms of food safety and hygiene standards.”
Safe to Trade was developed in collaboration with independent industry experts and regulators. Pasta Evangelists' audits were conducted by impartial Environmental Health Practitioners from Shield Safety, a certification body for Safe to Trade.
Other food-to-go companies, including Joe & The Juice and Yo To Go, are among the other hospitality companies that have been approved by Safe to Trade.
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