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Food Safety and Hygiene Manager
A Food Safety and Hygiene Manager plays a critical role in ensuring that food products are produced, handled, and distributed in a way that meets strict safety and hygiene standards. This role is especially vital in food manufacturing, catering, and hospitality sectors.
Here’s what the job typically involves:
Developing and enforcing food safety protocols across all stages of production and handling, from raw materials to finished goods.
Ensuring compliance with local and international regulations like HACCP, BRC, ISO 22000, and food hygiene laws.
Conducting regular audits and inspections to identify risks, verify sanitation practices, and maintain documentation for traceability.
Training staff on food safety procedures, allergen control, and personal hygiene standards.
Investigating incidents such as contamination or customer complaints, and implementing corrective actions.
Managing pest control, waste disposal, and cleaning operations to prevent cross-contamination and ensure a hygienic environment.
It’s a leadership role that blends technical expertise with operational oversight.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the borough comprises the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich,[3] although these places consist of numerous smaller settlements and localities. Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury.
Bordering Sandwell is the City of Birmingham to the east, the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley to the south and west, the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall to the north, and the City of Wolverhampton to the north-west. Spanning the borough are the parliamentary constituencies of West Bromwich West, West Bromwich East, Warley, and part of Halesowen and Rowley Regis, which crosses into the Dudley borough.
At the 2011 census, the borough had a population of 309,000 and an area of 86 square kilometres (33 sq mi).[4]
