What is Food Safety?
Food safety is used as a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illnesses resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak.
Do you have to be compliant with Food Safety?
Yes, it is the Law.
The Food Safety Act 1990 (as amended) provides the framework for all food legislation in the England, Wales and Scotland.
The main responsibilities for all food businesses under the Act are to ensure that:
None compliance may result in:
How HSC can help your business
HSC's consultants are experts in Food Safety, many of our consultants are Environmental Health Officers who have transitioned across to the private sector.
HSC helps businesses with food safety by:
Food safety is used as a scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illnesses resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak.
Do you have to be compliant with Food Safety?
Yes, it is the Law.
The Food Safety Act 1990 (as amended) provides the framework for all food legislation in the England, Wales and Scotland.
The main responsibilities for all food businesses under the Act are to ensure that:
- businesses do not include anything in food, remove anything from food or treat food in any way which means it would be damaging to the health of people eating it
- the food that businesses serve or sell is of the nature, substance or quality which consumers would expect
- the food is labelled, advertised and presented in a way that is not false or misleading
- food businesses serve or sell food that is fit for human consumption
None compliance may result in:
- Bad publicity
- Increased insurance premiums
- Legal fees
- Serving of notices
- Closure
- Prosecution
- Fines
- Compensation claims
- Custodial sentences
How HSC can help your business
HSC's consultants are experts in Food Safety, many of our consultants are Environmental Health Officers who have transitioned across to the private sector.
HSC helps businesses with food safety by:
- Creating their own unique Food Policy and HACCP
- Specific food hygiene training to all levels
- Allergy advice, allergy menu cards and allergy training
- Regular audits (using our online auditing system produced with GoAudits)
- Setting up food safety procedures
- Supporting with food complaints and food poisoning allegations
- Helping to provide a Due Diligence defence
- 24/7 support with regular contact with each client explaining any legislative changes.
- Provide professional witness support where required
- HSC has a good relationship with many Enforcement Authorities
