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How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.

• Updated: 21 October 2014

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…

How healthcare professions should manage patients with invasive listeriosis

• Updated: 24 April 2025

How to report products that are unsafe and may have caused injury or damage.

• Updated: 29 July 2024

Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.

Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.

• Updated: 28 March 2025

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

• Updated: 20 September 2022

Resources for reducing the risk of infection from handling raw pet foods.

• Updated: 18 March 2019

What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.

• Updated: 25 September 2018

How to use and supply animal by-products (ABPs) as farm animal feed or in feed, and how to get your site registered and approved.

• Updated: 14 January 2019