Accreditations
Fairtrade - Newcastle University is a Fairtrade University. Our Fairtrade status is one of the ways in which the University demonstrates its commitment to development in the Third World and to sustainability. Some of the Fairtrade foods used or sold in EAT@NEWCASTLE include tea, coffee and sugar.
We're Good Eggs! The Good Egg Award celebrates companies who are using only cage-free eggs or egg products, or have committed to do so by 2012. Our egg supplier meets these criteria. All of our eggs come from a local supplier too so don't travel far to get to us.
The Heart of Newcastle Award provides recognition for food businesses in the City who provide excellent standards of hygiene and healthy choices. The Award is unique to the City of Newcastle and is open to all food businesses. To attain and retain the Award we promote and provide healthy food and drink choices, and have excellent standards of food hygiene.
The Soil Association is a charity based in the United Kingdom. Its activities include campaign work on issues including opposition to intensive farming, support for local purchasing and public education on nutrition; as well the certification of organic food. It developed the world's first organic certification system in 1967 - standards which have since widened to encompass agriculture, ethical trade and food processing.
Catering Mark holders serve fresh food you can trust. By progressing through the bronze, silver and gold awards they demonstrate increasing levels of commitment to the principles of fresh food you can trust, sourcing environmentally sustainable and ethical food, championing local food producers and making healthy eating easier.
The Red Tractor Farm Assurance scheme encompasses food safety, hygiene, animal welfare and environmental protection. The basic welfare needs of sheep and cattle must not be compromised at any stage of their lives, and farmers must ensure that their farming practices do not damage the environment. Red Tractor Assurance also believes it is important to know where your food comes from and so animals need to be identifiable and traceable back to their farms of origin, and moved in clean vehicles so that the beef and lamb produced is free from contamination and safe to eat.
The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
Scores on the Doors is an independent consumer information service which now supports the Food Standards Agency national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS). Currently EAT@NEWCASTLE outlets display five stars (the highest rating) but soon the ratings will change to conform to this national scheme. In addition to the FHRS scheme, the Scores on the Doors service will publish additional local authority schemes such as Fair Trade and Healthy Eating.
