Safer Food Better Business

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Safer Food Better Business is a simple, jargon-free system developed by the Food Standards Agency, the catering industry and local authorities, to help small catering businesses comply with food law. It is a simple to use tool-kit which includes a free information pack and a diary which allow basic records to be kept. It can be downloaded, or a hard copy ordered from the FSA web site.

All food outlets must produce food that is safe to eat, must be able to show what they do to make food safe to eat, and have this written down as a record.

To help businesses from "re-inventing the wheel" time and again - Safer Food Better Business has a section which covers most basic food preparation already written out for a business, and this takes a very small amount of work to tailor to an individual premises.

Then there is a section which has all the paperwork a business needs to satisfy the law; training records, managements checks and a daily diary which can combine with existing kitchen diaries to demonstrate the basic checks the business is doing each day.

The approach is jargon-free and straight forward and will not take people away from the main priority of running their business. Successfully put into place, this approach will not only enable people to comply with law but also protect their business's reputation. It may also improve bottom line profits by reducing food wastage as a result of managing food safety.

Page last updated on 25 November 2011