Food safety

Find out how businesses are rated, how they can improve their score and where you can find local food hygiene ratings.

Find out about the process of food hygiene inspections and the food safety laws that businesses have to follow.

Find out how to do hazard analysis to work in a safe and hygienic way, and keep your premises free of pests.

Find out the ways you can respond to your food hygiene rating.

Find the reasons a food business may be missing from the food hygiene rating list.

You have to register your food business 28 days before you open. Fill in the application form and get help to apply.

If you run or intend to open a food market stall, find out what food hygiene laws you have to follow.

We’re not currently running training courses or taking bookings but hope to start up again sometime in the future. Learn what the course covers and how it could benefit you. 

Find the food laws that apply to your business and how to follow them.

Find food safety information for businesses in a range of languages. This includes picture-based guidance.

Learn about E. coli, how it spreads and what you can do to protect your customers.

Find out your responsibilities as a food business owner.

Read our tips on how to prepare, cook and store rice safely to reduce the risk of food poisoning.

Tips to help food businesses store waste safely without causing pest problems or contaminating food.

Find out who to contact when you want to make a complaint about food and when something may pose a public health threat.

Find out about the causes and symptoms and what to do if you have food poisoning.

Find out about notifiable diseases, which ones we investigate and how.

Find out when the Food Standards Agency would issue alerts about problems with food and where you can find this information.

Find out why we may take food samples and what the sampling process involves.

Our Healthy Choice scheme supports businesses that prepare, cook and serve healthy meals.

cafes, restaurants and takeaways that have made a commitment to serving healthier choices.