Food Business and Food Safety

Fact sheets

Information fact sheets for consumers and food premises traders and suppliers.

Food business health promotion

Good hygiene is important in making sure the food you serve is safe to eat.

If you own a business, it makes good business sense to practice good hygiene because it will prevent food poisoning, protecting your reputation with customers.

We have a duty to enforce food hygiene legislation in premises throughout the borough. Just as important as enforcement is the work we do to promote good health by providing advice and support to businesses.

The Food Standards Agency is the body, which provides definitive advice on food hygiene to businesses and the public.

Visit the Food Standards Agency's website.

Environmental health training|

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Food business and food safety

Infectious diseases|

We investigate food poisoning and certain other food borne illnesses to prevent the spread of illness within the community and to try and establish possible causes. Advice is also given to patients on how to prevent the spread of disease within the home.

Food safety inspections|

We carry out regular checks on all food premises without prior notification to ensure the public is protected and that high standards are maintained.

Food safety regulations|

The Food Safety Act 1990 and regulations made under it make it an offence for anyone to sell or process food for sale which is harmful to health.

Running a food business means that you have a particular responsibility in protecting the health of your customers.

Fact sheets on diseases caused by a breakdown in hygiene

Cryptosporidium PDF 43K

Dysentery PDF 51K

Giardiasis PDF 43K

Hepatitis A PDF 110K

Salmonella PDF 50K

Struvite Crystals PDF 50K

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Food labelling

Food labelling and composition|

Food labels give us information on what we are eating - this gives us, as the consumers, more choice. Find out about the regulations that help prevent manufacturers using misleading food labels.