Food Standards Update - Food Law Code of Practice England outlines the updates for food standards in England that have come into place since the 6th April 2014. For more information on how we can help you with your food standards training please call: 0121 707 0550 or e-mail: Info@pathwaygroup.co.uk or for more up-to-date business advice please visit: www.pathway2grow.co.uk/blog

1. Food Standards Agency Update
Food Law Code of Practice for England

2. The FSA has published the revised Food Law Code
of Practice for England, which provides guidance
to local authorities on their approach to official
controls at food business establishments.
The current Code of Practice for England came
into force on 6 April 2014.

3. The Most Recent Changes Include:
 Clarification of the descriptors used to rate & assign intervention
frequencies at food establishments.
 Greater focus on businesses with persistent or serious non-compliance
by reducing the frequency of interventions in those businesses with good
management controls in place.
 A reduction in dual enforcement in a small number of establishments
currently subject to both FSA & local authority control.

4. For More Information
For more information about the changes &
to read an online copy of the revised Food
Law Code of Practice for England
Visit: http://www.food.gov.uk/news-
updates/news/2014/apr/code-of-practice-
england

5. For More Information
About how we can help you with your
food hygiene training please:
Call: 0121 707 0550
E-mail: info@pathwaygroup.co.uk
For more business advice visit:
www.pathway2grow.co.uk/blog