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
Agency publishes views on scores on the doors legal issues
Tuesday 18 November 2008
Food fraud hotline launched
Friday 14 November 2008
Bottled water legislation seminar
Thursday 13 November 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|Meat Hygiene Service|Wild game guide: a guide to food hygiene legislation|HACCP in Meat Plants|Meat Guidance|Clean livestock|Approval of meat plants|Over Thirty Months Rule review|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|Food Assurance Schemes: Role of the FSA and Defra|Food safety for farmers markets|Going Local - A snapshot of the local food sector|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