Safer food better business (SFBB)

From 1 January 2006, all food businesses must have a fully documented food safety management system. In other words, you must be able to show what you do to make food that is safe to eat and have this written down. Your system will have to be based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles and you will be expected to follow it.

Whilst larger businesses will have these systems in place, many smaller businesses will not. This is why the Food Standards Agency has produced Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) for small caterers. The SFBB pack contains a series of easy to understand safe methods for cross-contamination, cleaning, cooking, chilling and management for small caterers. It is designed to be easily tailored to your business and can be implemented in a relatively short period of time.

It is also free.

The Food Standards Agency has made money available to us to provide help to catering businesses in implementing the packs.

We have been successful in a bid for funding and will be using the money awarded to implement an 18 month coaching programme initially targeting 700 small catering businesses.

If you haven’t got a documented food safety management system in place, we will be writing to you over the next 18 months to invite you to a seminar and provide support through coaching sessions.

However, if you would like to receive a pack before you are invited to a seminar, you can order a copy directly from the Food Standards Agency on 0845 6060667 or email foodstandards@eclogistics.co.uk. The pack can also be downloaded from the Food Standards Agency website.

Seminar dates

January and February seminars are now full. We are currently taking bookings for Thursday 1 March and Wednesday 14 March. Please call 01752 304532 for details.

Documents

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	Safer Food Better Business Newsletter Care Home Supplement - information for small care homes. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 663KB
	Safer Food Better Business Newsletter - August 2008 - latest information and updates. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 861KB
	Safer Food Better Business Newsletter - October 2006 - latest information and feedback from SFBB seminars. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 203KB
	Safer Food Better Business Newsletter - December 2005 - information on the food hygiene legislation changes. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 210KB
	Safer Food Better Business Leaflet - dates for free seminars businesses can attend. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 112KB
	Safer Food Better Business Application Form - application form for seminars businesses can attend. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 81KB

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