Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - UK - 2014

FSA News Item, 7 April 2014

ENFORCEMENT - Revised Food Law Code of Practice for England published

The FSA today 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.

Main changes

The most recent changes include:

• clarification of the descriptors used to rate and assign intervention frequencies at food establishments
• greater focus on businesses with persistent or serious non compliances 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 and local authority control

New format

This version of the Code is now available in web page format, rather than only as a PDF. The new format aims to be more user-friendly with direct links to additional guidance materials, forms and legislation that are referred to in the Code.

To access the web version, go to: http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/enforcework/food-law/ A copy of the pdf version of the Code is available on this site. Go to: Food Law Code of Practice (England) April 2014