Food - Quality Standards

Introduction
Food Safety News
Business Advice Leaflets
Eating Out - Know Your Rights
Eatwell - Food Standards Agency Advice
Food Law Enforcement Plan

Introduction

We carry out programmed inspections and sampling throughout the food chain, from farm through to manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. We aim to ensure the composition, quality, labelling, advertising and presentation of food complies with statutory requirements.   The checks we perform ensure that:

	Consumers know what they are buying
	Labels are truthful
	Food products comply with legal minimum standards where appropriate
	Additives included in food products are within the permitted limits
	Materials and articles in contact with food are safe

Food Safety News

We provide links to the latest food safety news. The Food Standards Agency issue food alerts to local authorities and consumers to let them know about problems and in some cases, provide details of specific action to be taken. Food Alerts are often issued in conjunction with a product withdrawal or recall by a manufacturer or retailer

Click here to see the latest food news.

Business Advice Leaflets

We provide over 30 business information leaflets which can be be downloaded, relating to food. The leaflets cover subjects such as:

• Labelling of Packaged Goods
• Advice for Caterers on Food Allergens and Intolerance
• Keeping Within the Law in Pubs, Restaurants and Cafes
• Sandwich Labelling
• Genetically Modified Foods - Commonly asked questions
• Foreign Language Labelled Foods
• A Guide for Producers, Processors and Packers of Organic Products
• Specified Allergenic Ingredients - Commonly asked questions
  

Eating out

In our Know Your Rights pages, we list some of the most frequently asked questions that our Fair Trading Team are asked about eating out.

Eatwell - www.eatwell.gov.uk

The Food Standards Agency have launched a website eatwell.gov.uk which provides good advice on food subjects, such as:

• Food allergy and intolerance
• How to eat less salt
• Healthy diet - including are you a healthy weight for your height
• Keeping food safe

Food Law Enforcement Plan (including feeding stuffs) 

This is now included in our Service Delivery Plan 2006/2007. For more details see the Quality of Service page.

Visit our consumer or business information pages.

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Page last reviewed October 2007

Shropshire County Council Trading Standards Service
Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6ND