Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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DEFRA Web Page, 5 November 2020
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Guidance for food businesses on coronavirus (COVID-19) DEFRA have provided some updated guidance for food businesses regarding COVID-19. The details have been saved as a pdf file which is available on this site (click on image). Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original page was available at: |
The following is from DEFRA's introductory page to the guidance:
Details
This guidance is intended for all workplaces involved in the manufacturing, processing, warehousing, picking, packaging, retailing and service of food.
This also includes important information about the risk of community dissemination of coronavirus (COVID-19) from circumstances or activities related to the workplace such as transportation and accommodation arrangements.
This guidance may be updated in line with the changing situation.
The following is the first section of the guidance:
Who this guidance is for
This guidance is intended for all workplaces involved in the manufacturing, processing, warehousing, picking, packaging, retailing and service of food.
This also includes important information about the risk of community dissemination of coronavirus (COVID-19) from circumstances or activities related to the workplace such as transportation and accommodation arrangements.
This guidance is of general nature and is intended to be compatible with the relevant health and safety legislation, please note that if there appears to be a conflict between this guidance and the relevant health and safety legislation, the latter shall prevail.
