A food retailer is anything from your corner shop to a large supermarket.
Self Service Help for Food Retailers
The information below is all you need to know to get you on your way with your business.
- Food registration form - Use this form if you are intending to sell food or drinks
- Labelling eggs - Information about the specific requirements for the marking of eggs for retail sales, including descriptions and size
- Date marking - Advice on recognising the importance of date marking of foodstuffs and when lot marking is necessary
- Average quantity goods - An overview of 'average quantity' and what is required of packers or importers of packaged products
- Consumer Rights Act - A information and guidance for businesses
- Labelling and compositon of meat products - Information and guidance for labelling meat products
- Safety notice: Giftware - The safety requirements of different types of giftware, including candles, collectors' items and models
- Safer Food Better Buisness packs - Free online food safety management systems
- Tender opportunities - Information for Trading on Council owned sites across the Duchy
- The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme - (FHRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland helps consumers choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving them information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, takeaways and food shops.
- Production of shell fish - Guidance and information for the hygienic production of fish and shellfish
- Importing food - When importing food, you need to know about regulations that apply to specific products and more general rules concerning labelling and additives
- Exporting food - Advice about commercially exporting food and feed to countries outside of the UK
- Food business start up - This section gives you all the advice you need to start a food business
- Food safety hazards - If you run a food business, you must have a plan based on the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles.
- Pedlars certificate - The certificate lets you sell throughout the UK. You must trade on foot and carry your goods with you
- Labelling for fishmongers - The essentials of food labelling for a fishmonger, including legal names of species and use of the term smoked
- Packaging requirements for Fishmongers - information about the requirements for fishmongers regarding products sold loose and/or prepacked
- British Goat Society - Information about the Goat Society
- Health and safety for caterers - This site provides information for people working in the catering and hospitality industry on how to comply with health and safety law
- The Nationwide Caterers Association - NCASS is the UK’s only trade association for mobile caterers and street food traders. You probably already knew that.
