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What is RSS?Resources to help you keep food safe and avoid food poisoning, whether in your business or at home.
The FSA's Bacteria Bite Business video demonstrates the importance of good food hygiene, focusing on the 4 Cs (Cleaning, Cooking, Chilling and Cross-contamination). This is now available to view online.
Food Hygiene Mission Control is an interactive resource for children aged 7 to 14 and their teachers. Through quizzes, games and fact pages it educates young people about food hygiene issues. The teachers' section contains downloadable activity sheets for further teaching.
Food Safety Week is an annual event held to promote the importance of good food hygiene in the home. This year Food Safety Week is taking place between 9-13 June and will launch the Agency's latest food hygiene campaign 'GermWatch' and its star character Grubeye.
Do you want to report an issue such as poor hygiene practice in a food outlet, or a trading standards issue such as mislabelling? Use our postcode search to find your nearest food enforcer.
Guidance notes for business on hygiene legislation, including the 2006 food hygiene legislation.
Food hygiene legislation affects all food businesses, including caterers, primary producers (such as farmers), manufacturers and retailers. New legislation was introduced in the UK in January 2006. How it affects you will depend on the size and type of your business.
It is very important that all food businesses obey the law and supply food that is safe to eat. Consumers in certain areas can already see how well a food business in their area complies with food hygiene regulations through 'scores on the doors' schemes run by their local authority.
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