Food safety management

Food safety management system

All food businesses must have a food safety management system in place. This is a document to show how you keep food safe and is a legal requirement. The document must be based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principle.

What you include in the document will depend on the type of foods you produce and the procedures you use.

When an Environmental Health Officer undertakes an inspection to assess your food hygiene practices, we will review your food safety management system.

Safer Food, Better Business pack

The Food Standards Agency have produced a simple food safety management system called Safer Food, Better Business (SFBB) to help small and medium sized food businesses comply with their legal duty. The SFBB pack can be used for caterers such as cafés, restaurants, pubs, takeaways, nurseries and food retailers such as newsagents.

Download the Safer food, better business (SFBB) | Food Standards Agency for more information. 

A printed copy of the Safer Food Better Business pack can be purchased from us using the form below.

Request a printed copy of the Safer Better Foods Business pack