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Leaflets - Food Safety and Healthy Catering

Food Standards Agency Publications
Free advice leaflets for food businesses and catering staff on food safety and hygiene.
 
Download leaflets in PDF format below from the council's Environmental Health service.
 
Publications from the Food Standards Agency and Business Link:
 
  • Food Hygiene - A Guide for Businesses. Also available in other languages - Bengali, Chinese, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi and Turkish
  • Starting Up - Your First Steps to Running a Catering Business. Practical help and legal advice, whether you are taking over a business that already exists or starting a new one
  • Eggs - What Caterers Need to Know. What the dangers are, when to use pasteurised egg, and reducing the dangers
  • Dine Out, Eat Well - shows those who work in the restaurant and fast food business how to offer customers healthier choices
  • Natural Toxins Factsheet - explains what natural toxins are and which foods they occur in
  • Imported Food Leaflet - advice for traders on import controls in place for food entering the UK from non-European Union countries
  • Business Link Food Safety Guide - view online or print in PDF format. Covers food safety and the law, food hygiene - cleaning, cross-contamination, cooking, chilling - and food allergy
Food Hygiene Training Courses
Food Hygiene Training Courses - [20 KB] Download a list of local food hygiene trainers.
Essentials of Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers
Essentials of Personal Hygiene for Food Handlers - [57 KB] Guidance on hygiene and effective hand washing for catering staff handling food
Preventing Cross Contamination
Preventing Cross Contamination - [51 KB] Download our information sheet for food handlers about the risks of cross contamination and how to prevent it.
Food Hygiene Guidance - Doner Kebabs
Food Hygiene Guidance - Doner Kebabs - [26 KB] Guidance for caterers on the preparation and cooking of doner kebabs
Food Hygiene Guidance for French Market Traders
Food Hygiene Guidance for French Market Traders - [385 KB] Guidance to help you meet the requirements of food hygiene laws in Great Britain
Guide Sur L’hygiene Alimentaire
Guide Sur L'hygiene Alimentaire - [383 KB] Pour Les Commerçants Français Sur Les Marchés, en Grande Bretagne (Food Hygiene Guidance for French Market Traders - French language version)
Food Safety Guidance for Farmers Market Traders
Food Safety Guidance for Farmers Market Traders - [394 KB] Advice on how to meet environmental health and trading standards requirements
Food Safety - Interpreting Microbiological Results
Food Safety - Interpreting Microbiological Results - [29 KB] An advice leaflet for food businesses to explain the different types of bacteria food samples are tested for, how to interpret the results and action to be taken
Food Safety - Vacuum Packing Guidance
Food Safety - Vacuum Packing Guidance - [37 KB] Download guidance notes for butchers, small caterers and retailers on vacuum packing foods.&nbsp;<BR>Packing Foods&nbsp;<BR>
Cockroaches in Food Businesses
Cockroaches in Food Businesses - [44 KB] Pest control advice about cockroches in food businesses.

Contact Details

  • Tel 01323 415939
  • Fax 01323 415997