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Download advice on the requirements of the EC Feed Hygiene Regulation (183/2005) in Scotland.
The Food Standards Agency has issued guidance notes to provide advice in relation to regulation 41 of the Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2007, which came into force on 14 December 2007. Parallel regulations apply in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Since 1 April 2000 the Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS) assumed responsibility for monitoring and surveillance of bivalve mollusc harvesting areas and the FSAS monitoring and surveillance programme came into operation on that date.
Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 lays down the hygiene requirements for the production and placing on the market of live bivalve molluscs.
Guidance for business and food authorities
The Collagen and Gelatine (Intra-Community Trade) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/299) as amended come into force on 30 September 2003.
This Guidance Note has been produced by the Food Standards Agency with the aim of providing informal guidance and a general introduction to The Contaminants in Food (Scotland) Regulations.
The purpose of this guidance is to clarify local authority enforcement responsibilities in relation to the cutting of meat for direct sale by farmers.
These guidance notes provide guidance and best practice advice on the Food Labelling (Amendment) (Scotland) (No.2) Regulations 2004, which set out labelling rules on the indication of ingredients, particularly allergenic ingredients, in pre-packed foods, including alcoholic drinks. The regulations came into force on 26 November 2004 and amend the Food Labelling Regulations 1996.
The requirements for food chain information will apply from 1 January 2008. This document provides more information about the information requirements, and about the MHS Collection and Communication of Inspection Results project.
This guidance is aimed primarily at businesses that, in Scotland, manufacture, use by way of filling with foodstuff for sale or sell, plastic materials and articles that are intended for use in contact with food. It may also be of use to others with an interest in the legislation, such as enforcement authorities.
The revised guide by FSA Scotland builds on existing good practice. The guide has been enhanced to include a section on food labelling to cover most food found at farmers markets.
Guidance on plastic materials and articles in contact with food are available.
The Feed Hygiene Regulation (183/2005) came into effect in January 2006. It applies to businesses that make, use or market animal feeds. This includes most livestock farms, arable farms that grow, use or sell crops for feed use, and also fish farms.
This supplementary guidance note has been produced by the Novel Foods, Additives and Supplements Division of the Food Standards Agency to provide informal guidance to enforcement authorities for sampling food and feed to determine the presence of genetically modified (GM) material.
This guidance note, using a question and answer format, explains the legal requirements for import businesses that are set out in Part 3 of the Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (The OFFC Regulations), and outlines the arrangements for enforcement of these. It should be read together with the regulations.
Legislation comes into force on 1 January 2008 requiring slaughterhouse operators to 'request, receive, check and act upon' food chain information (FCI) for all pigs sent to the slaughterhouse.
Published 30 June 2009
The Agency has issued new guidance on smokies, illegal meat and poultry meat for enforcement officers in local authorities in Scotland.
An introductory guide to the provisions of the new legislation intended for the use of enforcement personnel and feed business operators (for example, feed manufacturers, importers, merchants and food businesses selling food products into the animal feed chain), including new businesses wishing to gain an understanding of the legislation.
This guidance aims to offer informal, non-statutory advice on the European definition of meat for labelling purposes as it relates to the Meat Products (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (MPR). Also included is specific guidance for butchers and bakers.
New EU food hygiene legislation, which came into effect on 1 January 2006, sets out more clearly the duty of food businesses to produce food safely and to achieve consistency.
This guidance outlines the proposed new regime for official controls of wild scallops. These procedures are required by EC Regulation 854/2004. The Food Standards Agency Scotland has central competency for functions under this Regulation. Enforcement of the regime for official controls of wild pectinidae has been delegated to the local food authority.
This guidance note provides information and advice to Food Authorities in Scotland who have dairy herds and/or dairy establishments in their area which produce unpasteurised milk-based products
This classification protocol is intended to give direction on the classification of shellfish harvesting areas programme run by the Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS) under Regulation (EC) 854/2004.
Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18
The purpose of this document is to provide information to enforcement authorities and food business operators on the legislation regarding mycotoxins in foodstuffs and the official methods of sampling cereals, dried fruit, groundnuts, nuts, products derived from nuts, spices, coffee, fruit juice, cider, milk, wine and apple products for mycotoxins.
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