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The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations
If your business deals in food you must: make sure food is safe to eat…
Part of complying with food safety is managing food hygiene. Hazard…
You can be inspected by your local council at any point in the food…
You must tell the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if you think any food your…
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
To sell food and drink products, the label must be: clear and easy to read…
You must show the following information: the name of the food a ‘best…
If your food or drink product has 2 or more ingredients (including any…
You must show an appropriate warning on the label if your food contains…
Nutrition labelling You must follow nutrition labelling information rules…
If you’re a retailer, you can label products ‘organic’ as long as: at…
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export petfood to Great Britain, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Your business must be registered if you make, use or sell animal feed or place former food products for human consumption in the animal feed chain
Emails from the Food Standard Agency about problems with food on the market
Competent authorities of exporting countries should use the relevant model health certificate as a template to create a version exporters can apply for to export other animal by-products to Great Britain, the Channel Islands…
Apply for a temporary certificate of competence (CoC) to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Apply for a certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Apply for your shellfish harvesting area to be classified by the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland.
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