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You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
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…
The home of Food Standards Agency on GOV.UK. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for food safety and food hygiene in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It works with local authorities to enforce food safety regu…
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
If you run a food business you must have a hazard analysis plan (HACCP) to meet food safety and hygiene standards
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
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.
‘Natasha’s Law’ introduced to protect allergy sufferers and give them confidence in the food they buy.
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
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…
Find out what information you need to show on products made of or containing meat that you sell to the public.
Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm.
Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.
Apply for a certificate of competence to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Give information to consumers when selling food that is loose or hasn't been prepacked by another producer.
Apply for a temporary certificate of competence (CoC) to slaughter or kill animals under Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (WATOK) regulations.
Sources of radioactivity in the environment and how levels of radioactivity are monitored and assessed.
Seeking views on changing the food allergen information laws for food prepacked on the premises where it is sold (like sandwiches or salads).
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