legislation

Question 1

food hygiene legislation how it protects food businesses

Answer 1

• making sure that all food handlers are trained to handle food safely and hygienically
• making sure working conditions are good
• help to prevent consumers from making false claims about being ill after eating food

Question 2

how food legislation protects consumers

Answer 2

• helping to prevent them from becoming ill after eating food
• ensuring that the highest standards of food safety are in place in all food businesses

Question 3

what is legislation concerned with

Answer 3

• ensuring food is fit for human consumption
• checking the labelling of foods
• premises are hygenic
• prevent outbreaks of food poisoning
• prevents food from being contaminated

Question 4

HACCAP

Answer 4

• hazard analysis of critical control points
• a food safety management system to identify hazards of food safety

Question 5

food production

Answer 5

• farmers
• crop pickers
• abattoirs
• fishing boats
• fish farms

Question 6

food processing and product manufacture

Answer 6

• dairies
• mills
• vegetable washing stations
• bakeries
• factories

Question 7

when was the food safety act

Answer 7

1990

Question 8

what does the food safety act require

Answer 8

• make sure all food produced is safe to eat
• its what people expect it to be ( the food ingredients are fit for human consumption)
  -not labelled , advertised or presented in a way that is false or misleading ( if the cake filling says its fresh cream it must be that )

Question 9

the general food law regulations 2004

Answer 9

• were developed to bring the food safety act in line with the principles and requirements of eu regulations

Question 10

the food safety and hygiene regulation 2013

Answer 10

• must develop a system of compliance to ensure that food safety controls are in place

Question 11

things to be followed under the food safety and hygiene regulation 2013

Answer 11

• make sure food is handled supplied and sold in a hygienic way
• identify potential food safety hazards
• know which stages are are critical for food safety
• decide what controls can be put into place

Question 12

food premises

Answer 12

• have adequate lighting
• have suffiecnt ventilation
• provide clean staff toilets
• sufficient facilities for storing and removing waste
• have seperate storage for cleaning materials and equipment away from food preperation areas
• should be enough working space
• proper facilities for washing food and equipment
• seperate hand washing basins