1. Food safety
If your business deals in food you must:
make sure food is safe to eat
make sure you don’t add, remove or treat food in a way that makes it harmful to eat
make sure the food is the same quality that you say it is
make sure you don’t mislead people by the way food is labelled, advertised or marketed
keep records on where you got food from and show this information on demand - known as ‘traceability’ (PDF, 86KB)
withdraw unsafe food and complete an incident report
tell people why food has been withdrawn or recalled, eg a leaflet or poster
display your food hygiene rating (if you sell food direct to the public)
Food additives
If you use an additive in food you must:
only use an approved additive
only use it if it is approved for use in that food
the food additive doesn’t exceed the maximum permitted level (PDF, 170KB)