Food hygiene and safety guidance

• Requirements for caterers at outdoor events

• Food hygiene and safety requirements for caterers at outdoor events, who must register their food business, have a written management system and checklist.

• Catering from home safely

• Catering from home safely covers keeping food safe, reuse of jars, vulnerable people, functions and a checklist for catering at home for a large function.

• Guidance for food businesses / caterers on providing a takeaway service

• Guidance for food businesses and caterers, on providing a takeaway service, including menus, ordering, food safety, allergens, cooking and transporting food.

• Legionella in hot and cold water systems

• Under health and safety law you have a duty take suitable precautions to control the risks from legionella that may affect your staff or members of the public.

• Food hygiene and safety guidance documents

• Food hygiene and safety guidance documents provide advice for food businesses, community and home catering and food preparation.

• Catering for street parties and church fetes

• Food safety and hygiene advice for catering for street parties, church fetes, preparing food at home, at a venue, for a barbecue and high risk foods.

• E.coli O157 Butcher's guide

• Food hygiene and safety advice for butchers when handling raw and ready to eat foods to reduce the risk of E.coli O157.

• Food safety tips for Christmas lunch

• Food safety and hygiene advice on Christmas lunch, from planning, avoiding contamination when preparing and cooking to freezing Christmas lunch leftovers.

• Starting a food business from home

• See the Food Standards Agency guidance on how to get compliant and protect your customers when starting a food business from home during COVID-19.