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Starting a food business
Report a food problem, use our services or find our contact details.
You can report a food problem in a restaurant, a food shop, a concern…
1. England and Wales Contact Trading Standards if you think that the food…
All food businesses must register with their local authority. You can…
1. You can’t find a food business’s rating on the website If you can’t…
1. Address details for your business are wrong If the name or address for…
If you are a member of the public and need to report a food problem or…
Food safety management pack for restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other small catering businesses.
Food safety management pack for restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other…
You must register with your local authority to run a food business.
Guidance for food businesses on providing allergen information and best practice for handling allergens.
Advice on providing allergen information and avoiding cross-contamination in a food business for managers, kitchen staff and front of house servers.
Food safety management procedures for small businesses in England and Wales.
Get Food Standards Agency posters and icons for your food business.
Food safety management guides for caterers and retailers in Northern Ireland.
Food safety management pack for small retail businesses that sell food. This includes small convenience stores, 'corner shops' and confectioners, tobacconists and newsagents.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
The scheme helps you choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving you clear information about businesses’ hygiene standards. We run the scheme in partnership with local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Irelan…
This publication aims to help food businesses follow allergen labelling requirements. It will also help authorised food officers enforce these measures.
Lists of approved food premises and types of establishments approved by us and local authorities.
Food safety management pack for registered childminders or childcarers on domestic premises who usually provide meals and drinks for the children in their care.
Food allergy and intolerance advice for consumers
Guidance on: How food hygiene ratings work, Food hygiene rating publication and displaying your rating and Food Hygiene Rating Scheme safeguards for businesses
Food safety management pack for small residential care homes that prepare and cook food for the residents in their care.
How to report a food crime to the National Food Crime Unit, and where to report other kinds of food-related problems
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