Food legislation

Which UK government agency is responsible for creating the policies and preparing legislation on Food Safety?

• Local Council

• The Food Standards Agency

• Environmental Health Department

• Department of food

Which legislations do you need to know for this course?

• Food Safety Act

• Food Safety (General Food Hygiene Regulations)

• Food Labelling Regulations

• All of them

Why do we need Food Safety Legislation?

• So that food tastes good

• Customers need to know that food is safe to eat

• Because food goes off and causes food borne illness

• So the government can prosecute if things go wrong

Food safety and hygiene regulations are enforced by _________________________________ who regularly check all food premises.

Food Safety (General Food Hygiene Regulations (1999) covers:

• Food premises, personal hygiene of staff, hygienic practices

• Restaurants, cafes and hotels

• Hospitals, hand washing and safe food prep and cooking

• How food is handled and stored

How are premises set up to comply with the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene Regulations (1995)

Food handlers must:

• Have a certificate/regular training in food safety.

  Be dressed in clean ‘whites’ or other uniform.

  Be in good health (they cannot work with upset stomachs).

• Have hair tied back (and ideally wear a hat or hair/beard net).

  Have short, clean nails – no nail varnish or jewellery.

  Have ‘good’ habits, e.g. no coughing or sneezing over food.

• –Wash their hands after handling raw meat, after blowing nose,

  after going to the toilet, etc.

  Cuts should be covered with coloured waterproof plasters.

• All of them

All food deliveries should be checked before use because......

• The food could have gone off

• It may not be delivered at a safe temperature

• The packaging maybe damaged

• All of them

When food is delivered, why should the food label storage instructions be checked first?

What is food rotation?

• Turning the food around so you can see the labels clearly

• Foods which are 'first in are first out' so they are used up before the new delivery of food.

• Shaking up the tins so they a fully mixed before opening