E coli, Salmonella and other such bacteria are quickly shared this way.

So… when you see complimentary peanuts or other unwrapped foods that everyone has been merrily fishing in, remember to avoid it!

And if you host a party, please avoid creating such disease fountains…

I certainly wasn’t meaning to criticise Fareshares in particular, merely to raise the issue of potential contamination in places where foodstuffs are open to customers to pick and pack, as I have heard others complaining about just this issue. Not, I must add, about Fareshares! But about health stores and supermarkets who don’t seem to be aware of the contamination issues.

You clearly are aware of the problem, and are doing what you can to eliminate the risk, and for that I congratulate you. I should have made it clear that although Fareshares was mentioned in the quote from the Independent, my comments weren’t aimed at Fareshares in particular. I do apologise.

Thank you for leaving your location and opening hours details, so that others can visit you to see what you do – and, perhaps, become customers. Do you have a website for people to visit?

quite a few of us, and our customers, avoid gluten. we stock all sorts of gluten-free products, including pastas, sprouted loaves, fridge cakes, snacks etc.

i would like to reassure you all that we actually try to prevent cross-contamination as much as possible – for example we have completely different scoops for each foodstuff that we stock. and we keep the bags of flour in a large plastic drum on the floor so the likelihood of it spilling into anything is extremely low.

please come and check it out for yourselves before making unfounded criticisms… we’re open thurs 2-8pm, fris 3-7pm and sats 3-5pm… at 56 crampton street, london se17 3ae.

We have separate cupboard space, and don’t use a toaster for gluten free bread (we do it under the grill) – but we don’t go as far as separate pans and plates. Did you notice a difference when you switched to separate pans etc, or did you just do this from the start?