"Starting up – Your first steps to running a catering business" has been completely redesigned in a similar style to "Food hygiene – a guide for businesses". The content has also been updated to reflect new food hygiene regulations.
The booklet is aimed at people who are setting up a restaurant, café, or other catering business, whether they are taking over a business that already exists, or starting a new one. It includes details on registering food premises, licences that may be required, and regulations on premises, equipment, staff, transport and other areas.
It also contains a section on good food hygiene that explains the 4 Cs (Cleaning, Cooking, Chilling and Cross-contamination), personal hygiene, illness and storing food. In addition to food safety information, the booklet also gives some details on other issues that are relevant to new catering businesses, such as being self-employed, charging VAT and paying employees. It gives contact information for other organisations and Government departments that may be helpful.
The colourful new booklet is now A5-size rather than A4. Copies can be ordered from Food Standards Agency Publications by calling 0845 606 0667 or emailing foodstandards@ecgroup.uk.com
This new edition is part of an ongoing process of updating and improving the FSA’s range of publications on food hygiene and other issues.
