The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published a comprehensive guide to food law to assist artisan and small food producers who have started or are planning to start a new food business.
To operate legally the food business operator must ensure: that their food business is registered, or approved; that they have a food safety management system in place; that their business has an effective traceability system; that staff handling food have received food safety training; and that they comply with food law. This guide provides concise and clear details on these legal requirements. It also includes simplified summaries on food legislation including:
• General food law
• Food hygiene
• Microbiological criteria
• Labelling and marketing standards
• Additives, packaging, contaminants and pesticides
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