Information for Food Businesses

Environmental Health Officers ensure food premises comply with food safety legislation and they provide advice and information to those involved in the preparation, production and sale of food.  We endeavour to ensure that all such food and food packaging meet relevant standards for quality, composition, labelling, presentation and advertising.

The Environmental Health Team undertakes a wide range of activities in relation to food control including:

• carrying out planned food hygiene and food standards inspections
• approval of manufacturing premises that handle meat products, dairy products, fish products, and other types of food of animal origin
• investigating food complaints and complaints about the hygiene of premises
• investigating cases and outbreaks of food poisoning
• carrying out routine microbiological and compositional sampling of food
• checking food labelling
• responding to food alerts
• advising businesses on the layout of food premises, food safety management systems, hygiene standards, food labelling and training
• promoting food safety in the home and providing information to the general public, businesses and voluntary organisations.