Food Hygiene
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Created on November 29, 2023
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Food Hygiene Inspection
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Preparing for your Food Hygiene Inspection
Index
Appeals
Preparation for Inspection
Check List
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
Responsibilities
For more information
Who and Why
Are you Ready Quiz?
Who and Why they Visit
They maybe visiting for one of the following reasons:
- Sampling
- Food hygiene and standard inspection
- A complaint follow up
- Advisory visit
Why are they visiting?
Local authorities are responsible for visiting and checking your premises to make sure you are compliant with the food law and your food is safe to eat.They will look at the followng:
- Your premises
- Your food safety management system
- The types of food you make and prepare
- How you work
Who will be visiting?
Your responsibilities
This is an important part of complying with the food safetyYou need to ensure you have a:
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan
- Ensure staff are adequately trained and up to date on Food Hygiene (this can be formal or inform
- Ensure staff are adequately trained and up to date on Food Hygiene (this can be formal or informal)
Food Hygiene
Food Safety
You need to ensure the following:
- The food is safe to eat
- It is correctly labelled
- It is as advertised including quality
- You have traceability of the food - which is on demand when requested
- You can explain why a food is not availiable
- Withdraw any unsafe food and complete an incident report
- Ensure that how you store and cook your food does not make it harmful to eat.
- You only use approve additives and it does not exceed the recommended level
- You display your food hygiene rating
What will the inspectors look at?
The inspectors will look at the following areas:
- Your working premises
- The kinds of food you produce and prepare
- How you work and handle the food
- Your food safety management system
Remember food safety is important!
Food Hygiene Rating
In Wales, you are legally required to display your food hygiene rating. This can be in the front door or window of your premises.
Food Hygiene Rating
What do they mean?
You will be scored on a 0 - 5 rating. 0 -2 being seen as a failing grade and urgent action is neededA score of 5 means you are fully compliant with the the law, and is the best your can get.3 is satisfactory and 4 good
Preparation Check List
In order to help you prepare for your inspection we have included a handy pre-inspection checklist to help everything go smootly on the day.
Appeals
If you are unhappy with your inspection and food rating you can appeal against it. Yo will need to completet the following steps
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Appeal in writing
If you still think the decision is unfair you can appeal in writing to your local authority.
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Contact your local authority
Before making an appeal you should find out why you were given that rating to understanding the decision further.
The right to reply allows business to explain to customers how they have improved their food hygiene and if there were any extenuating circumstances on the day of the inspection.. This will also be published online.
Request for a re-inspection can be completed once all the necessary improvments have been made. There maybe a fee for doing so.
If any of your business details were wrong you can request in writing for these to be amended.
Right to reply
Re-inspection
Change of business details
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Are You Ready Quiz?
Will you pass an inspection?
Test your Knowledge
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Further information
Complete the interest form below
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