Food safety and hygiene

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How to register your food business 

Before opening your business, you will need to register your food business with us

Food help and advice

Find more information on food allergens, alerts, labelling and food poisoning

Licences and certificates

Depending on the type of food business you run you may need a licence or certificate

Food business waste

It’s important that everyone working for you knows the best way to get rid of waste from your kitchen

Training and food business schemes

By law, all food handlers must receive adequate supervision, instruction or training in food hygiene for the work that they do

Inspections and ratings

All food businesses are inspected to ensure that the food is safe to consume and then given a hygiene rating

Food safety regulations

You must ensure that the food that they produce is safe to eat, of an acceptable quality and is properly labelled