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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-specific regulations you have to comply with in addition to other import and export rules
Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
How to check if your waste is international catering waste (ICW) and how to store, transport and dispose of it.
Animal by-products (ABPs) you can use to make pet food, how to provide samples, and how to package your products.
What you need to do as a food and drink business to work with the EU.
How to get approval for operating plants handling or processing meat in England and Wales.
Approval is required for certain food establishments that handle products of animal origin, such as meat, fish, egg, dairy products, and processed products of animal origin, which supply other establishments.
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
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