Trading Standards works to make sure that food on sale in shops and restaurants is of the quality expected and is fit to eat.

Environmental Health work to ensure food businesses meet good hygiene standards as these play a large part in ensuring that food standards remain acceptable.

To ensure that food standards are kept high:

• Never overload chilled or frozen food cabinets.
• Always keep food cabinets properly chilled.
• Discard damaged or open packages.
• Keep cooked and raw meats and dairy products on separate counters.
• It is important that food handlers wash their hands thoroughly between handling raw and cooked foods.
• Always use different utensils for cooked and raw foods.
• Observe the Use By dates on foods. It is an offence to display food that is past it’s Use By date.
• Always follow the storage instructions on the packaging.
• Keep raw and cooked meats covered and in separate parts of the fridge.
• Cool food as quickly as possible before storing in a fridge or freezer. Consider dividing large amounts of food or slicing meat to reduce cooling times.

For further information on Food Hygiene, please use the links opposite.