The Statement of Resources (SoR)
What a statement of resources (SoR) for meat premises is and the guidance to developing an SoR for your establishment.
England and Wales
The statement of resources is a document recording the processing requirements and resources required at the individual premises level.
This includes detail of premises operation hours for official control purposes. Resource requirements are needed in order to comply to the charges regulations.
The SoR should be drafted in collaboration between the individual food business operator (FBO) and our staff.
There is guidance available to support you in the process of working with our staff to develop an SoR specific to your establishment.
Statement of resources guidance for England and Wales
Northern Ireland
The statement of resources in Northern Ireland is a document for approved food business operators (FBOs) and official veterinarians (OVs). It helps you understand what resources are required for a pre-determined period of time.
The SoR provides the information necessary to enable FBOs and OVs to agree the level of resource required in a specific establishment. This document is agreed between each FBO and the resident OV on a monthly basis.
There is guidance available for FBOs and OVs in Northern Ireland which explains how to develop and review the SoR.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Important
EU references in FSA guidance documents
The FSA is updating all EU references, to accurately reflect the law now in force, in all new or amended guidance published since the Transition Period ended at the end of 2020. In some circumstance it may not always be practicable for us to have all EU references updated at the point we publish new or amended guidance.
Other than in Northern Ireland, any references to EU Regulations in this guidance should be read as meaning retained EU law. You can access retained EU law via HM Government EU Exit Web Archive. This should be read alongside any EU Exit legislation that was made to ensure retained EU law operates correctly in a UK context. EU Exit legislation is on legislation.gov.uk. In Northern Ireland, EU law will continue to apply in respect to the majority of food and feed hygiene and safety law, as listed in the Northern Ireland Protocol, and retained EU law will not apply to Northern Ireland in these circumstances.