FOOD SAFETY FACT SHEET
GUIDANCE NOTES & INFORMATION


There are many sources of information available in the form of Industry Guides, Department of Health (DOH) and Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) booklets, leaflets and posters, and also videos and internet sites, as listed below.
  1. Industry Guide to Good Hygiene Practice:
Catering, Retail, Baking, Markets & Fairs, Wholesale Distributors, Fresh Products.
Price £3.60 from
HMSO Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT.
Telephone orders 0171 873 9090. Fax orders 0171 873 8200.
These publications are also available from the Environmental Health Department - 823000.
  1. Assured Safe Catering
Department of Health. ISBN 011 321 6882.
Price £8.50 from
HMSO Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT.
Telephone orders 0171 873 9090. Fax orders 0171 873 8200.
  1. S.A.F.E. [Systematic Assessment of Food Environment]
Price £5.50 from
British Hospitality Association,
Queens House, 55-56 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BH.
Telephone orders 0171 404 7744. Fax orders 0171 404 7799.
  1. Booklets and Posters (Free)
DOH :-
General Food Hygiene Regulations booklet
General Temperature Control Regulations booklet
Food Hazards and your Business booklet
Assured Safe Catering booklet
Assured Safe Catering poster
Handling Cooked Meats Safely booklet
MAFF:-
The Food Safety Act 1990 And You booklet
Food Law Inspections and Your Business booklet
Foodsense - Keeping Foods Cool and Safe booklet
The Handling and Storage of Eggs from Farm to Retail Sale booklet
Practical Food Hygiene poster

  1. Video Loan Scheme:
FOOD SAFETY STRIKES BACK - 21 minutes approx.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? - 27 minutes
(with workbook, guide & poster)
FOOD HYGIENE THE MOVIE - with Roy Kinnear - 20 minutes approx.
CLEAN UP YOUR ACT - 25 minutes approx.
FOOD - POISON OR PLEASURE - 27 minutes approx.
CONSUMER GUIDE TO CARING FOR FOOD - 60 minutes approx.

These are available for hire, from the Environmental Health Department - 823000, at a cost of £5.00 per week.

  1. Internet Sites:
Department of Health - www.doh.gov.uk
Food Standards Agency - www.foodstandards.gov.uk
Ministry of Agriculture - www.maff.gov.uk
Meat Hygiene Service - www.mhs.gov.uk
World Health Organisation,
Food Safety Programme - www.who.int/fsf


For further information contact the Environmental Health Department on 823000.



Page last updated on: 05/09/2007