Safer Food Better Business

Introducing Safer Food Better Business

If you run a food business - you must have to have a documented food safety management system. In other words, you need to say what you do to make food that is safe to eat and have this written down.

The amount of documentation you need is related to the type of food you prepare or handle and the risks presented by your business.

A lot of consideration has been given to help smaller food businesses comply with food regulations without introducing an unnecessary burden. Following extensive consultation with the food industry the Food Standards Agency (FSA) developed Safer Food Better Business (SFBB).

SFBB is designed to be practical and easy to use and will help you to:

• Comply with food regulations
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• Show what to do to make food safely
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• Train staff
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• Protect your business's reputation
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• Improve your business (by wasting less food, for example)

SFBB is a simple fact sheet system that shows how to ensure that the major potential hazards in a food business can be safely controlled, namely those to do with:

• Cross-contamination
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• Cleaning
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• Chilling
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• Cooking & preparation

Follow the links to find out more about the SFBB for caterers, the SFBB for retailers and the SFBB pack childminders.

Free SFBB packs and DVD

A range of SFBB packs for different types of businesses, cuisines and languages is available online:

• SFBB pack for caterers (new window)
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• SFBB pack for retailers (new window)
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• SFBB pack for Chinese cuisine - English and Cantonese versions (new window)
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• SFBB pack for Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan cuisines (new window)
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• SFBB supplement for care homes (new window)
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• SFBB pack for childminders (new window)

A free SFBB interactive DVD is also available to help you use your pack and train your staff on SFBB. It has voiceovers in 16 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, English, Kurdish, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Welsh.

If you would like to order a copy of any of these packs or the DVD, call FSA Publications on 0845 606 0667 or email foodstandards@ecgroup.co.uk.

Food manufacturers and other food businesses

SFBB has been tailored to meet the needs of small caterers and retailers. Manufacturers and other food businesses will find it more appropriate to adopt their own documented food safety systems - for advice contact the Food and Safety Team on 01394 444357 for further advice or email foodsafetyteam@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.