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Information about the UK food chain.

• Updated: 19 June 2025

The food safety and hygiene regulations you must follow - the law, regulations

• Food safety

  If your business deals in food you must: make sure food is safe to eat…

• Food hygiene

  Part of complying with food safety is managing food hygiene. Hazard…

• Food inspections

  You can be inspected by your local council at any point in the food…

• Report a food safety incident

  You must tell the Food Standards Agency (FSA) if you think any food your…

Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.

• Updated: 20 September 2022

How healthcare professions should manage patients with invasive listeriosis

• Updated: 24 April 2025

‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom...

• Updated: 27 March 2015

• Updated: 10 September 2025

New survey data shows that British families eat a significantly larger variety of foods since 1940

• Updated: 13 November 2025

The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.

‘Family Food’ is an annual publication which provides detailed statistical information on purchased quantities, expenditure and nutrient intakes derived from both household and eating out food and drink. Data is collected for a sample of households in the United Kingdom...

• Updated: 16 December 2015

Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.

• Updated: 20 September 2022