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Safer food, better business supplement for care homes

A Safer food, better business (SFBB) supplement has been produced to help caterers and staff working in small residential care homes prepare and cook safer food for their residents. The supplement is not intended for use in nursing homes, because there may be other food safety procedures that need to be applied, which are not covered by SFBB, for example a full infection control policy.

The care homes supplement should be used together with the SFBB for caterers pack. The supplement does not provide a food safety management system by itself, but has three additional safe methods that cover specific food safety issues found in care homes:

There is also a safe method completion record for care homes that includes the additional safe methods.

To order a copy of the supplement or the SFBB caterers' pack contact the Agency's publication line at foodstandards@ecgroup.co.uk or telephone 0845 606 0667. You can also download a copy of the supplement using the link at the bottom of the page.

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Safer food better business for care homes

Download pdf  (pdf 607KB) Safer food, better business for caterers A food safety management pack for caterers

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Download pdf  (pdf 59KB) (External) Get Adobe Acrobat reader You may need the free Acrobat Reader to view a pdf

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