Starting up
Read our advice on starting a new catering business. If you are setting up, for example, a café, this information will make it much easier for you to run your business well in the future.
Food Industries
The Agency is concerned with the whole food industry – from farming, food production and distribution, to retail and catering. It addresses food safety issues at every stage of the chain, providing information and guidance on best practice and legal requirements.
Food Industries News
Heinz recalls its fruit custard baby food
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Possible visa scam involving a UK-based food company
Monday 1 February 2010
Update on products free of colours associated with hyperactivity
Monday 1 February 2010
More about Food Industries
Meat and meat hygiene
Food hygiene regulations: meat|Guide to food hygiene and other regulations for the UK meat industry|Meat Hygiene Service|Wild game guide: a guide to food hygiene legislation|HACCP in Meat Plants|Meat Guidance|Clean livestock|Approval of meat plants|Meat establishment audit categories
|Meat Hygiene Policy Forum - Policy Development Working Group
Farmers and growers
Animal feed|Approved milk and dairy establishments |Clean livestock|Cleaner farms, better flocks|Fish and shellfish approval|Fish sustainability|Food Assurance Schemes: Role of the FSA and Defra|Food safety for farmers markets|Managing farm manures for food safety guidance|Managing mycotoxin risk|Organic food|Pesticides|Salmonella and pig production|Shellfish monitoring|Veterinary medicines
Food industries committees
Expert groups and forums that advice the Agency
Food industries publications
Leaflets and factsheets on food industry issues
Food industries links
Useful external websites for industry information