Date Published:
21 February 2008 |
Safer food made easy with new FSA DVD (UK)
Caterers and food retailers will have extra help from today in achieving the
right standards in food hygiene and giving extra confidence to their customers.The
Food Standards Agency, the UK’s food regulator, has produced a new DVD
for food businesses that aims to provide an additional route for accessing
up-to-date guidance on safe methods for food preparation, handling and storage.
The DVD complements information packs already being used by thousands of small
businesses under the Agency’s 'Safer food, better business' programme
(SFBB). It is aimed at managers, food handlers, trainers, and local authorities
and is free of charge.
In order to be accessible to the widest range of businesses, the DVD has voiceovers
available in 16 different languages. It also uses video scenes of realistic
situations in small catering and retail businesses to demonstrate SFBB in action.
David Statham, Director of Consumer Protection and Enforcement at the Food
Standards Agency, said:
"The DVD will prove to be an invaluable addition to
the Safer food, better business material already available to help businesses
implement a food safety management system and train their staff. It will
build upon the overwhelming success of Safer food, better business in improving
food
safety and minimising red tape burdens on small catering and retail businesses."
SFBB was developed specifically for the UK’s smaller food businesses
to help them comply with new food safety management procedures, which had originally
been developed for large manufacturers. SFBB helps managers adapt good practice
to their own business, and keeps record keeping simple by encouraging the use
of a simple diary.
An online version of the DVD is currently being developed and will be available
through the link below. In addition to the DVD, the Agency will be launching
an SFBB supplement for care homes later in the year and a new childminders
pack.
For copies of the DVD, please call 0845 606 0667
(UK Phone Number
/ UK Government Organisation).
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