Approval to Trade
If you are dealing with produce of animal origin, you must be approved before you start trading. This page outlines the regulations.
Approval to Trade.doc (login to view)

Does everyone have to comply with all food regulations?
Clarification of the rules
Do you have to comply.doc (login to view)

Environmental Legislation
Some say that the merged Ministries of Environment and Food and Farming present a paradox. It can be difficult to maximise farm production without running a risk of upsetting the environmental balance. So various rules, many coming from the European Commission, define what can and cannot be done and which might change the environment.
Environmental Legislation.doc (login to view)

FSA and Consumer Protection
Enforcement of regulations to protect the consumer in UK.
Consumer protection4.8.pdf (login to view)

Hygiene Law Enforcement and Your Business
The regulations on ‘official controls’ changed significantly in January. They lay down the responsibilities of the officials who enforce food law (eg environmental health officers, (Now known as environmental health practitioners) trading standards officers, meat hygiene service staff) and how they must act when they are inspecting your business.
Hygiene Law Enforcement and your Business.doc (login to view)

Hygiene Regulation for Premises
This is what the regulation actually says you have to do. It does not tell you how to do it. The final part shows the total demand for training of personnel.
Premisesreg.pdf (login to view)

Possible inspection charges
The draft 2007 Feed and Food Control Regulations allow for some charges
Extra Inspection charges7.7.pdf (login to view)

Regulations that cover premisies
The detailed legal requirements with explanation
Premises7.7.pdf (login to view)

What do you have to do?
Food is any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans. That includes drink, chewing gum and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment but excludes medicines, tobacco and cosmetics. This page explains what YOU have to do.
What do you have to do.doc (login to view)

Your business and the Law; a Summary
Somewhere between 95 and 98% of food hygiene law now comes straight from Brussels as regulations. That means it is the same in each member state. It is almost the same as the old British Food Safety Acts, but it does allow more flexibility for low risk operations. This article sunnarises the law
yourbusiness1.7.pdf (login to view)