Starting up
Read our advice on starting a new catering business. If you are setting up, for example, a café, this information will make it much easier for you to run your business well in the future.
Food Industries
The Agency is concerned with the whole food industry – from farming, food production and distribution, to retail and catering. It addresses food safety issues at every stage of the chain, providing information and guidance on best practice and legal requirements.
Food Industries News
Agency helping UK growers keep fresh produce clean and safe
Friday 24 September 2010
Proposed changes to Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations
Monday 20 September 2010
Bite gets its teeth into some meaty topics
Monday 6 September 2010
More about Food Industries
Meat and meat hygiene
Working with the meat industry|Guide to food hygiene and other regulations for the UK meat industry|Questionnaire on charging for meat hygiene official controls|Wild game guide: a guide to food hygiene legislation|HACCP in meat plants|Meat Guidance|Clean livestock|Food hygiene regulations: meat|Approval of meat plants|Meat establishment audit categories
|Review of meat controls
Farmers and growers
Animal feed|Approved milk and dairy establishments |Clean livestock|Cleaner farms, better flocks|Fish and shellfish approval|Fish sustainability|Food Assurance Schemes: Role of the FSA and Defra|Food safety for farmers markets|Managing farm manures for food safety guidance|Managing mycotoxin risk|Organic food|Pesticides|Salmonella and pig production|Shellfish monitoring|Veterinary medicines
Food industries committees
Expert groups and forums that advice the Agency
Food industries publications
Leaflets and factsheets on food industry issues
Food industries links
Useful external websites for industry information