Food business advice

Setting up a food business will require a great deal of thought in order to avoid practical, economic and legal pitfalls.

We are here to help guide you to achieve a good standard of food hygiene.

If you would like further business advice please contact our food hygiene team on 01509 634656 or on the webpage below:

Find out more about registering a business

Food safety management

Food hygiene regulations require you to document how you manage food safety. A has been developed to help small catering businesses such as restaurants, cafés and takeaways comply with these regulations.

Download your free pack or a diary refill from the Food Standards Agency website. Alternatively, if you would like to order and collect a printed copy of Safer Food Better Business please use the online form below:

Order a Safer Food Better Business Pack

The cost of the printed copy is £17 (plus £2.55 postage if required).

For more food business advice

Other useful websites which can give you further business advice are:

• The Food Standards Agency
• Trading Standards
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
• Department of Environment and Rural Affairs
• Llep Business Gateway

Food business advice packs

• Food Business Advice - General Pack (ZIP Archive, 6.86 Mb)
• Food Business Advice - Mobile Pack (ZIP Archive, 7.4 Mb)

Prepare your business or organisation for EU Exit

Read this document on the Gov.uk website for a helpful and detailed toolkit on how to prepare for running your business or organisation once the UK leaves the UK.

Egg handling and hygiene practices

There have been a number of outbreaks in the UK relating to food poisoning around eggs. The Food Standards Agency has provided us with the following guidence.

• Advice on good egg handling and hygiene practices (PDF Document, 0.15 Mb)