Food Safety and Hygiene
Good food hygiene is essential to help prevent food poisoning and protect your
reputation with customers. Most food businesses within the UK are already
required to register all of their premises with their local authority before
they open
or start using new premises. As of 1 January 2006 registration was required
under EU Regulations.
In addition certain types of businesses require approval, rather than
registration. These include sites that produce food from meat and meat
products, eggs,
milk and dairy products and fish and fish products. The approval requirements
do
not apply to primary producers. Food business operators should contact their
local
authority to ensure they are correctly registered or approved.
The Food Standards Agency provides resources to help food businesses produce
safe food, including:
- Starting up: Your first steps to running a catering business
- Good hygiene is good for business
- Food hygiene: a guide for businesses
SALSA – Safe and Local Supplier Approval
SALSA is a nationally recognised food safety certification scheme specifically
developed for small and micro producers. SALSA is an approval scheme but also
offers technical support and assistance throughout the approval process and
training in the form of HACCP courses.
More on SALSA
Incident Management
FDF is actively involved in emergency planning issues and incident management.
That means when things go wrong – as they occasionally do – we are best placed
to
help members understand the issues and how they may impact their businesses.
This section provides you with the resources to be prepared and resolve problems
that may affect your business in the future and, if something does happen, help
you deal with it to minimise its effect on your business. See further details at the FSA
website
FSA Food Alerts
FSA issues Food Alerts for information and action to local authorities and
interested parties via email and via a text service. These Alerts are also
copied to
Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Trading Standards Officers and
food
trade organisations, to alert them to current food issues.
They are often issued in conjunction with a product withdrawal or recall by a
manufacturer, retailer or distributor, in which case they will generally
appear,
unnamed, as RASFFs. FSA also maintains a searchable archive list of alerts on
its
website.
To subscribe to FSA automatic notification service, go to their e-mail and
mobile updates page and follow the on screen instructions.
Rolling updates for FDF members
We provide our members with rolling updates on issues related to residues and
contaminants and food contact materials
Did you find this information useful?
Find our more about what FDF can offer - our membership team will be happy to
answer any questions that you have on 020 7420 7208 or email members.enquiries@fdf.org.uk
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SME Toolkit index
FDF has collated information on the following topics:
Food Safety and Hygiene
Food Labelling
Food Authenticity
Reformulation
Advertising and Marketing
Workplace Health
Guidance on other topics coming soon