Keeping food safe
To help avoid food poisoning, it's important to make sure the food you make is safe to eat. Get tips from NHS Choices on preparing food safely.
Safety and Hygiene
The Food Standards Agency carries out a range of work to make sure food is safe to eat, including funding research on chemical, microbiological and radiological safety, as well as food hygiene and allergy.
The details of our day-to-day work on safety and hygiene, including policy, business and our research programmes are set out below. A guide to the main general food law requirements, including the provisions on food safety, is in the food industries section of this website.
For consumer advice on food allergy, hygiene tips on storing and preparing food at home, plus information about food poisoning, visit NHS Choices: just click on the panel on the right.
Safety and Hygiene News
Sainsbury's withdraws some Freefrom Chocolate Sponge Pudding
Friday 1 April 2011
Fray Bentos canned pies recalled
Wednesday 30 March 2011
More about Safety and Hygiene
Microbiological safety
Safety and hygiene research
The Agency's research programmes on safety and hygiene
Safety and hygiene committees
Expert groups that advise the Agency
Safety and hygiene publications
Leaflets and posters on safety and hygiene topics
Safety and hygiene links
External sites with information on safety and hygiene issues