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WEBFood 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.
Approved additives and E numbers | Food Standards Agency
WEBThe European Commission have authorised an additional steviol glycoside, E 960d glucosylated steviol glycosides, Commission Regulation (EU) No 2023/447 was published on 1 March 2023 and came into force on 20 March 2023. This regulation applies in Northern Ireland but not GB. E numbers. Additives. E420.
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.
Food safety - Food Standards Agency
WEBBest before and use-by dates. Raw drinking milk. Handling flour and flour products safely. BBQs. Picnics. Community cooking. Providing food at charity events. Christmas food hygiene. Guidance for safe foraging.
Key regulations - Food Standards Agency
WEBThe main purpose of the Food Standards Act 1999 is to establish us as the Food Standards Agency. It is there to provide us with functions and powers and to transfer certain functions in relation to food safety and standards. The Act was introduced in the House of Commons in 1999. It sets out our main goal to protect public health in relation to ...
The food regulatory system - Food Standards Agency
WEBThe Food Standards Agency operates in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales and has different policy responsibilities within these countries. Food Standards Scotland is the non-ministerial government department of the Scottish Government responsible for food safety, food standards, nutrition, food labelling, feed official controls and meat ...
Packaging and labelling | Food Standards Agency
WEBFood businesses must include a business name and address on the packaging or food label. This must be either: the name of the business whose name the food is marketed under; or. the address of the business that has imported the food. Food products sold in NI must include a NI or EU address for the food business.
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 ...
Who we are - Food Standards Agency
WEBThe FSA is an independent, non-ministerial department, established in 2000 following several high-profile outbreaks of foodborne illness such as BSE (mad cow disease). Our objectives, powers and duties are mainly set out in the Food Standards Act 1999. We work across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Our strategy - Food Standards Agency
WEBThe FSA is a non-ministerial government department. Our objectives, powers and duties are set out in legislation, primarily the Food Standards Act 1999.. Our main statutory objective is to protect public health from risks which may arise in connection with the consumption of food (including risks caused by the way in which it is produced or supplied) and otherwise to protect the interests of ...