Food hygiene and safety

• Food premises registration

• Premises used for storing, selling, distributing or preparing food must be registered with the local environmental health department.

• Food poisoning and infectious diseases

• We investigate cases of food poisoning and other notifiable infectious diseases reported to us from Public Health England.

• Food hygiene inspections

• Food premises are checked regularly to ensure they comply with food hygiene legislation.

• Food sampling

• We carry out food sampling to check the quality and safety of food being produced, handled and sold.

• Food hygiene trainers

• We no longer provide a list of Food hygiene trainers.

• Food related complaints

• Complaints such as foreign matter in food, poor food handling practices and dirty conditions of food premises will be investigated.

• Food safety regulations

• Food safety regulations and the main food safety legislation for food businesses.