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Document Downloads: Food

The following documents are available for download.

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Available downloads

• Catering Guide

  Food Safety Catering Guide

  • Catering Guide (PDF)
    • Size: 520.94 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 17 secs)

• Booking forms for Food Hygiene Courses

  • Booking form for Intermediate Level Food Hygiene Certificate (PDF)
    • Size: 51.93 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 8 secs)
  • Booking form for Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene (PDF)
    • Size: 51.94 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 8 secs)

• Food Poisoning and Infectious Diseases - More Information

  A range of leaflets giving information and advice about infectious diseases.

  • Campylobacter (PDF)
    • Size: 79.18 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 12 secs)
  • Chicken Pox (PDF)
    • Size: 68.35 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 10 secs)
  • Conjunctivitis (PDF)
    • Size: 68.66 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Cryptosporidium (PDF)
    • Size: 72.05 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting (PDF)
    • Size: 90.81 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 14 secs)
  • Dysentery (PDF)
    • Size: 78.05 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 12 secs)
  • E. Coli (PDF)
    • Size: 76.54 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 12 secs)
  • Hand, Foot and Mouth (PDF)
    • Size: 66.04 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 10 secs)
  • Hepatitis A (PDF)
    • Size: 71.51 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Hepatitis B (PDF)
    • Size: 80.89 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 12 secs)
  • Hepatitis C (PDF)
    • Size: 83.94 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 13 secs)
  • Impetigo (PDF)
    • Size: 64.59 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 10 secs)
  • Meningitis (PDF)
    • Size: 87.92 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 13 secs)
  • MRSA (PDF)
    • Size: 72.61 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Salmonella (PDF)
    • Size: 73.43 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Scabies (PDF)
    • Size: 72.41 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Shingles (PDF)
    • Size: 70.18 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 11 secs)
  • Tuberculosis (TB) (PDF)
    • Size: 67.67 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 10 secs)
  • Threadworms (PDF)
    • Size: 82.7 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 13 secs)

• Food Industry Guides to Good Hygiene Practice

  The food industry has produced a number of guides to explain the general requirements of food law, three of which are available to download.

  • Food Industry Guides to Good Hygiene Practice - Retail Guide (PDF)
    • Size: 672.86 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 39 secs)
  • Food Industry Guides to Good Hygiene Practice - Catering Guide (PDF)
    • Size: 520.94 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 17 secs)
  • Food Industry Guides to Good Hygiene Practice - Baking Guide (PDF)
    • Size: 777.66 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 54 secs)

• The Food Safety Enforcement Concordat

  This document sets out what business and others being regulated can expect from enforcement officers. It commits us to good enforcement policies and procedures. It may be supplemented by additional statements of enforcement policy.

  • The Food Safety Enforcement Concordat (PDF)
    • Size: 19.5 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 3 secs)

• Enforcement Concordat: Good Practice Guide for England and Wales

  Our Enforcement Policy is based on the principals of the Enforcement Concordat, which was formally signed on 5 March 1998 by Peter Kilfoyle on behalf of Central Government and by Councillor John Ryan on behalf of the Local Government Association. This brochure gives information to businesses on what the Concordat is, as well as what to expect from Enforcement Authorities.

  • Enforcement Concordat: Good Practice Guide for England and Wales (PDF)
    • Size: 429.28 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 3 secs)

• Food Premises Registration Form

  The Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 require food businesses, including mobile food businesses, to register with the local council. Registration must take place 28 days prior to opening.

  • Food Premises Registration Form (PDF)
    • Size: 108.14 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 16 secs)
  • Food Premises Registration Form - Guidance Notes (PDF)
    • Size: 14.11 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 3 secs)

• Starting Up - The First Steps to Running a Catering Business

  The following booklet is for people setting up a restaurant, café or other catering business, whether you are taking over a business that already exists or starting a new one.

  • Starting Up - The First Steps to Running a Catering Business (PDF)
    • Size: 369.39 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 55 secs)

• Food Law Inspections and Your Business

  Detailed information about food premises inspections, why they are inspected, who inspects them, as well as information on appeals and advice.

  • Food Law Inspections and Your Business (PDF)
    • Size: 693.84 KB
    • Estimated download time: (56k = 1 mins 42 secs)