Service Description: Some businesses depending upon what ingredients are used requiring approvals or licences before operating. These ingredients are milk/dairy products, eggs, meat, meat products (usually cooked meats) and fish. There are exemptions if the foods are designed to be sold immediately (eg. in a shop) or are to be sold directly to caterers.
Also known as:- Food Safety
Answer: If you run a food business for 5 or more days in any 5 consecutive weeks, you must tell Environmental Health (01983) 821000 about any premises you use for storing, selling, distributing or preparing food. Food premises includes restaurants, hotels, cafes, shops, supermarkets, staff canteens, kitchens in offices, warehouses, guest houses, delivery vehicles, buffet cars on trains, market and other stalls, hot dog and ice cream vans, etc. If you use vehicles for your food business in connection with permanent premises such as a shop, or warehouse, you only need to tell the local authority how many vehicles you have. You do not need to register each vehicle separately. If you have one or more vehicles but no permanent premises, you must tell the authority where they are normally kept. Anyone starting a new food business must register with Environmental Health at least 28 days before doing so. The majority of premises have to be registered. However, certain premises are exempt from registration, e.g., some which are already registered for food law purposes, certain agricultural premises, motor cars, tents and marquees (but not stalls), some domestic premises and some village halls. You should contact your local authority if you think you might be exempt. You can register online via the related link - Related Link