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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Food allergy and intolerance training. Food business operators must make sure that staff receive training on managing allergens effectively. We have free online food safety courses available to help you and your business comply with food hygiene and food standards. Food Standards Agency makes sure food is safe and what it says it is.
Food allergy and intolerance | Food Standards Agency
WEBThe 14 regulated Allergens. In the UK, food businesses must inform you under food law if they use any of the 14 regulated allergens as ingredients in the food and drink they provide. Food law identifies the following 14 allergens as the most potent and prevalent: celery. cereals containing gluten (such as wheat, rye, barley and oats)
Safer food, better business (SFBB) | Food Standards Agency
WEBSafer food better business details the food safety management procedures for small businesses. This pack sets out your responsibilities, tells you how the SFBB packs should be used and emphasises the important of reviewing and updating it. SFBB gives you the most up to date information on how to make sure the food you serve in your business is ...
Online food safety training | Food Standards Agency
WEBMay 28, 2020 · 6 April 2023 Added extra copy and links on labelling to 'Food labelling, traceability, and vacuum packing courses' section; 31 March 2023 Changed related article at bottom; 31 March 2023 Removal of Food labelling training, Traceability training for enforcement officers, and Vacuum packing training for enforcement officers, and a new section at the bottom explaining the rationale.
Food hygiene | Food Standards Agency
WEBFood hygiene guidance. E. coli cross-contamination guidance. Vacuum packaging. Freezing fish and fishery products. Bulk freezing of ambient and chilled foods. Less than thoroughly cooked beef burgers. Industry guides.
Allergen guidance for food businesses | Food Standards Agency
WEBFood business operators in the retail and catering sector are required to provide allergen information and follow labelling rules as set out in food law. This means that food business operators must: handle and manage food allergens effectively in food preparation. Food businesses must make sure that staff receive training on allergens.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)
WEBHACCP is a way of managing food safety hazards. Food safety management procedures should be based on HACCP principles. HACCP involves: looking closely at what you do in your business, what could go wrong and what risks there are to food safety. identifying any critical control points the areas a business needs to focus on to ensure those risks ...
Home food fact checker | Food Standards Agency
WEBHome food fact checker. Knowing how to store, cook and reheat food at home helps improve food safety and reduce food waste. This page has advice on some common household food safety questions like the sniff test and the egg float test. Here we answer some of the most common food safety questions we get asked about different types of food.
Best before and use-by dates | Food Standards Agency
WEBThis is the most important date to remember. Never eat food after the use-by date, even if it looks and smells ok, as it could make you very ill. You can eat food until midnight on the use-by date shown on a product, but not after, unless the food has been cooked or frozen. You will see use-by dates on food that goes off quickly, such as meat ...
Check the label | Food Standards Agency
WEBThe traffic light label is colour coded and shows that green is low in a particular nutrient, amber means medium and red is high in a nutrient. Red means the product is high in a nutrient and you should try to cut down, eat less often or eat smaller amounts. Amber means medium. If a food contains mostly amber, you can eat it most of the time.
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