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Pictured at the launch (l-r): Gerry Fitzpatrick, Proprietor, Chatham Brasserie with Alan Reilly, Acting Chief Executive, FSAI.
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starting up a new food business?
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has received numerous calls to its advice-line over recent years regarding advice on how to set up a food business. In January to May this year alone, the advice-line received 214 requests for information on starting a food business with callers seeking details on registration of a food business and the legislation which regulates such a business.
In response to the large numbers of calls, the FSAI has developed a business start-up pack, designed to help new food business operators or proprietors to gather all of the relevant information required when setting up.
Whether you are considering opening a restaurant, a coffee shop or a take-away food business serving either hot or cold food, you must comply with the food hygiene legislation. European Communities (Hygiene of Foodstuffs) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No. 165 of 2000) is therefore included in the pack. It is a legal requirement that staff involved in a food environment are adequately trained and/or supervised commensurate with their work activity, and accordingly the FSAI training guides are also included in this pack. Since 1998, it has been a legal requirement for all food businesses to have a food safety management system based on the principles of HACCP. The FSAI HACCP pack included has been produced to assist food businesses, in particular those in the catering sector, to design and implement their own HACCP system. Other information in the pack includes an introduction from the FSAI on specific guidelines relating to a specific business type and other useful contacts.
The pack will inform all staff involved in the food business of their legal obligations and has been designed for the following food business sectors: food retailers, food service sector (including restaurants and cafés), food manufacturers, food manufacturers selling directly to the final consumer and food transporters and distributors. Information is also available for primary food producers.
The start-up pack is available by calling our advice-line on 1890 33 66 77 or emailing info@fsai.ie.
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