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
Board recommends changes to MHS charges
Thursday 17 July 2008
Agency encourages better use of marketing terms for food labelling
Thursday 10 July 2008
MHS Annual Report and Accounts 2007/8
Friday 4 July 2008
More about Food Industries
Meat and meat hygiene
Food hygiene regulations: meat|Guide to food hygiene and other regulations for the UK meat industry|Draft guide to food hygiene regulations and wild game|Meat Hygiene Service|HACCP in Meat Plants|Meat Guidance|Clean livestock|Approval of meat plants|Over Thirty Months Rule review|Meat establishment audit categories
Approval and licensing
Feed Premises Register|Approved red, poultry, and game meat establishments|Natural mineral waters|Register of representatives of non-European Union feed establishments|Cutting plants authorised to remove OTM vertebral column|The end of butchers' shop licensing|Approved meat products, minced meat and meat preparation establishments|Approved milk and dairy establishments |Herbal products|Register your food business
Farmers and growers
Animal feed|Approved milk and dairy establishments |Clean livestock|Cleaner farms, better flocks|Going Local - A snapshot of the local food sector|Managing mycotoxin risk|Organic Food|Pesticides|Revised Food Safety Guide for Farmers Markets published by FSA Scotland|Serious about salmonella – back-to-basics|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