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Guidance on additives, labelling, packaging and hygiene when importing sugar and sweeteners.
The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland, in partnership with the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, have created guidance to help businesses produce healthier ice cream and gelato.
How to make sure the food you take on a picnic stays fresh and safe to eat.
Information about cell-cultivated products and the Food Standards Agency's role in regulating them.
Guidance for businesses and local authorities to ensure that cheese recovery is carried out in accordance with the food hygiene legislation
The Calorie Wise scheme helps food businesses to display energy information on their menus, giving customers more information about the food they eat.
Changes to the market authorisations process and how they affect food and feed businesses.
Supplementary guidance to help businesses understand their responsibilities when conducting taste trials involving novel foods.
Updated Nutritional Standards have been introduced, designed to make the food on offer for staff and visitors in health and social care, hospital restaurants, cafés, vending machines and retail outlets healthier.
Plant toxins can appear in food crops, to ensure we keep food safe there is legislation and guidance in place on plant toxins. We also provide further guidance on cyanide in raw apricot kernels and opium alkaloids in poppy s…
Allergen labelling laws for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) foods changed on 1 October 2021. To help food businesses prepare we hosted this webinar.
Guidance for food business operators on the FSA response to norovirus outbreaks, how to withdraw and recall affected products and limit the spread of norovirus
Rules on food waste, leftovers and waste cooking oil from catering facilities.
Guidance for growers of ready-to-eat crops. The guidance explains how to manage farm manures by developing safety plans that will reduce the risks of microbiological contamination of ready-to-eat crops.
Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) and sodium chlorite solutions and their danger to health.
Impact Assessments review policy options’ costs, benefits and need for action. De Minimis Assessments give proportionate estimates for measures under £10m EANDCB.
Guidance on licensing, labelling, packaging, chemical safety when importing cereals.
Guidance on what a higher risk product is, labelling, packaging, chemical safety and controls on plant health.
Importing products of animal origin (POAO) or fishery products has potential hazards, which businesses should be aware of.
A summary of monthly workshops in the Food Standard Agency and Food Standard Scotland's cell-cultivated product programme.
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