FreshFarm food guidance

Food hygiene for businesses

A plain-English explanation for farmers, connected to the official UK source.

Issued by Food Standards Agency on GOV.UK

What this means

Safe food depends on repeatable controls for cleaning, cooking where relevant, chilling, cross-contamination, storage and transport.

What to do

  1. Write the safe method used for each activity.
  2. Provide suitable facilities, equipment and staff instruction.
  3. Keep checks and corrective actions that demonstrate the routine is followed.

Official destination checked 11 September 2026. The original opens in a new tab, so this FreshFarm explanation stays open.

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