Food premises registration

REGULATION (EC) No 852/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the hygiene of foodstuffs
From 1 January 2006 Article 6 of Regulation 852/2004 requires registration with the Local Food Authority in whose area the food business will be based and where relevant approval of the food business by the Local Food Authority.

Definitions:

'food business'means any undertaking, whether for profit or not and whether public or private, carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing and distribution of food;

'food business operator' means the natural or legal persons responsible for ensuring that the requirements of food law are met within the food business under their control;

There are exemptions from registration for:

a. Primary production for private domestic use;
b. The domestic preparation, handling or storage of food for private domestic consumption;
c. The direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying the final consumer;
d. Collection centres and tanneries which fall within the definition of food business only because they handle raw material for the production of gelatine or collagen.

Official controls, registration and approval (article 6)

In particular, every food business operator shall notify the appropriate competent authority, in the manner that the latter requires, of each establishment under its control that carries out any of the stages of production, processing and distribution of food, with a view to the registration of each such establishment.

Food business operators shall also ensure that the competent authority always has up-to-date information on establishments, including by notifying any significant change in activities and any closure of an existing establishment.

Please ensure that you register your food business at least 28 days before you start operating or less than 28 days after you make a significant change or you will commit a potential offence.

If you have already registered under the previous Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 you need only tell us about significant changes concerning your food establishment.

If your proposed new food business will be based in Tandridge please use the following forms:

Please use the online form to register

Please ensure that you advise us of any significant changes in the activities undertaken or information submitted in any registration (including closure of the business).

Please use the online form of changes

If you want to register or notify changes for a business elsewhere, please contact the local authority in which the business will or is based.

The Food Standards Agency website provides further information on starting up a food business:

Staring up a food business

Related Pages:

Food related licences
Butchers shops (Pages)

Food (Pages)

Licences to take or kill game (Pages)

Licensing Act 2003 (Pages)

Licensing Act 2003 - applications received (Pages)

Licensing Act 2003 - contact details (Pages)

Licensing Act 2003 - fees (Pages)