Food Safety

Food Safety and Food Hygiene

Registration of food premises
Registration of premises used for a food business (including market stalls, delivery vehicles and other moveable structures) is required by law. If you run a food business for more than 5 days in any 5 consecutive weeks, you must tell the local authority about any premises you use for storing, selling, distributing or preparing food. Food premises includes restaurants, hotels, cafes, shops, supermarkets, staff canteens, kitchens in offices, warehouses, guest houses, delivery vehicles, buffet cars on trains, market and other stalls, hot dog and ice cream vans etc.
Anyone starting a new food business must register with the local authority at least 28 days before doing so. You can download a registration form which will also give you more details about what you need to do and what needs to be registered.

Inspection of premises

Environmental Health Service food officers carry out regular inspections and risk assessments of all premises where food is served to the public. These planned inspections take place at intervals ranging from 6 months to 3 years. The interval between inspections depends on a risk rating determined by the criteria specified in the Food Safety Act 1990 Code of Practice.
Inspections measure compliance with training requirements, food safety management systems and hygiene standards as specified in the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006, and associated legislation.
When required to do so, food officers serve notices to improve or to prohibit premises from operating. Deficiencies that are of a more serious nature are referred to the Procurator Fiscal for consideration of prosecution.

All food produced for human consumption requires to meet UK national standards relating to what it contains and how it is labelled. These requirements are regularly monitored by food officers and together with sampling programmes are designed to deal with particular aspects of food standards.

You can get more advice and information on any food safety issues by contacting Environmental Health. You can read a copy of the Council's current .

Training
The Council believes that training for persons working in the food industry is vital in order to improve food safety. The Council therefore provide Elementary Food Hygiene courses leading to gaining the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland Certificates in Food Safety. You can see information on times, cost and locations of these courses and download an application form.

(Last updated 9/7/08 GP)

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	Food Safety Food Safety and Food Hygiene Registration of food premises Registration of premises used for a food business (including market stalls, delivery vehicles and other moveable structures) is required by law. If you run a food business for more than 5 days in any 5 consecutive weeks, you must tell the local authority about any premises you use for storing, selling, distributing or preparing food. Food premises includes restaurants, hotels, cafes, shops, supermarkets, staff canteens, kitchens in offices, warehouses, guest houses, delivery vehicles, buffet cars on trains, market and other stalls, hot dog and ice cream vans etc. Anyone starting a new food business must register with the local authority at least 28 days before doing so. You can download a registration form which will also give you more details about what you need to do and what needs to be registered. Inspection of premises Environmental Health Service food officers carry out regular inspections and risk assessments of all premises where food is served to the public. These planned inspections take place at intervals ranging from 6 months to 3 years. The interval between inspections depends on a risk rating determined by the criteria specified in the Food Safety Act 1990 Code of Practice. Inspections measure compliance with training requirements, food safety management systems and hygiene standards as specified in the Food Hygiene (Scotland) Regulations 2006, and associated legislation. When required to do so, food officers serve notices to improve or to prohibit premises from operating. Deficiencies that are of a more serious nature are referred to the Procurator Fiscal for consideration of prosecution. All food produced for human consumption requires to meet UK national standards relating to what it contains and how it is labelled. These requirements are regularly monitored by food officers and together with sampling programmes are designed to deal with particular aspects of food standards. You can get more advice and information on any food safety issues by contacting Environmental Health. You can read a copy of the Council's current . Training The Council believes that training for persons working in the food industry is vital in order to improve food safety. The Council therefore provide Elementary Food Hygiene courses leading to gaining the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland Certificates in Food Safety. You can see information on times, cost and locations of these courses and download an application form. (Last updated 9/7/08 GP)
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