Food hygiene & safety

Guidance to food businesses on how to comply with the law, plus advice for consumers about food issues

Content in this section

How to get food manufacture approval

Find out about food manufacture approval and how to apply
How to make a complaint

Information on how to make a complaint about food or a food outlet
How to register a food business

Ways to register your food business
How to register a fishing vessel

Ways to register your fishing vessel
Food sampling

We carry out regular checks on food businesses
Safer Food Better Business

Food safety management
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

A national scheme providing customers with information about hygiene standards in food outlets
Infectious disease and food poisoning

Our role in investigating some diseases that can be spread from person to person
Food hygiene training

Training to handle the food safely
Food quality and standards

Labelling, composition and advertising of food sold in East Devon
Hand washing promotion

Protect your health by washing your hands properly
Food safety tips for businesses

Areas of your business critical to food safety, and your food safety management system
Inspection and enforcement

What our Environmental Health Service Commercial Team is responsible for
Farmers' market stalls

Supporting local traders to meet food safety and trading standards law
Business support services

Helping your business succeed and grow with coaching, audit and training services
Importing and Exporting food from your business

Information on what you need to do to import and export food
Public toilet provision in food businesses

The Council have byelaws requiring a certain number of toilets must be provided wherever people are invited to sit inside a business and eat or drink.