Useful Links for Food Businesses

Food Hygiene

• Food Hygiene: A Guide for Businesses
• Safer Food Better Business Pack for Retailers
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme Business Toolkit - Promote Your Hygiene Rating
• Food Law Inspections and Your Business

Running a food business

• Starting up
• Safer food, better business
• Distance selling
• Allergy and intolerance
• Food brokers
• Allergen labelling
• Supply or produce food on the move

Food standards

• For enquiries on food labelling and composition, weights and measures, animal feed and fair trading visit Kent County Council Trading Standards.
• The Food Standards Agency also has several guidance notes available, including for labelling, nutrition and health claims, animal feed and guidance on specific food types.

Health and Safety

• HSE website (Guidance on risk assessments, RIDDOR, COSHH, occupational health issues and industry-specific guidance)
• Example Risk Assessment for Food Businesses
• COSHH and the Catering Industry
• Gas Safe Register Website (including what to do in a gas emergency and how to check your engineer is Gas Safe registered)

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