Food Safety Compliance for New Businesses
Whether you are opening your first restaurant, setting up a cloud kitchen, or taking over an existing premises, find the compliance guide for your situation below.
By Business Type
Opening a Restaurant
Everything you need to know about food safety compliance when opening a restaurant in the UK. Registration, SFBB, HACCP, and inspection readiness.
Opening a Cafe
Complete guide to food safety compliance when opening a cafe in the UK. Covers registration, SFBB packs, allergen management, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Takeaway
Step-by-step food safety compliance guide for opening a takeaway in the UK. Covers SFBB, temperature control, allergen labelling, and delivery safety.
Opening a Pub
Food safety compliance guide for opening a pub serving food in the UK. Covers SFBB, dual-use premises, cellar management, and kitchen compliance.
Opening a Care Home
Food safety compliance guide for care homes in the UK. Covers vulnerable persons regulations, HACCP, allergen and dietary management, and CQC expectations.
Opening a Nursery
Food safety compliance guide for nurseries and childcare settings in the UK. Covers Ofsted expectations, allergen management for children, and HACCP.
Opening a Food Truck
Food safety compliance guide for food trucks and mobile catering in the UK. Covers mobile business registration, water supply, waste management, and SFBB.
Opening a Dark Kitchen
Food safety compliance guide for dark kitchens and ghost kitchens in the UK. Covers delivery-only registration, multi-brand compliance, and HACCP.
Starting a Catering Business
Complete food safety compliance guide for starting a catering business in the UK. Covers off-site preparation, transport, event compliance, and HACCP.
First Time Food Business
Complete beginner guide to food safety compliance for first-time food business owners in the UK. Everything you need before your first inspection.
By Compliance Need
Registering a Food Business
Food safety compliance support for new UK food businesses after registration: SFBB, HACCP, routines, training records, allergen controls, and first EHO inspection readiness.
Setting Up Your First SFBB Pack
Guide to creating your first Safer Food Better Business pack. Covers what SFBB is, which pack you need, how to complete it, and how to maintain it digitally.
Creating Your First HACCP Plan
Guide to creating your first HACCP plan for a UK food business. Covers the 7 HACCP principles, critical control points, and how AI can help you get started.
Allergen Compliance Setup
How to set up allergen compliance for a new UK food business. Covers the 14 declarable allergens, labelling rules, staff training, and record keeping.
Kitchen Design Compliance
Guide to kitchen design compliance for new food businesses in the UK. Covers layout, surfaces, ventilation, handwashing, pest proofing, and equipment standards.
Food Safety Training for New Staff
Guide to food safety training requirements for new staff in UK food businesses. Covers Level 2 certification, induction procedures, and ongoing training records.
By Situation
Taking Over an Existing Business
Food safety compliance guide for taking over an existing food business in the UK. Covers re-registration, inheriting ratings, resetting systems, and due diligence.
Converting to Food Service
Guide to food safety compliance when converting a non-food business to food service. Covers kitchen installation, registration, SFBB setup, and premises conversion.
Expanding to Multiple Locations
Guide to maintaining food safety compliance when expanding a food business to multiple locations. Covers per-site registration, standardised systems, and oversight.
Adding Food to Retail
Guide to food safety compliance when adding food sales to an existing retail business. Covers registration, labelling, temperature control, and SFBB for retailers.
Starting a Meal Prep Delivery Business
Food safety compliance guide for meal prep and subscription box delivery businesses in the UK. Covers labelling, cold chain, shelf life, and home kitchen rules.
Cloud Kitchen Compliance
Food safety compliance guide for cloud kitchens and shared commercial kitchen spaces in the UK. Covers shared facility rules, multi-tenant compliance, and licensing.
More Compliance Guides
Opening a Nightclub
Everything you need before opening a nightclub: premises licence, SIA door supervision, capacity calculation, sound monitoring, incident logging, and Martyn's Law readiness.
Taking Over a Late-Night Venue
Everything you need when taking over a nightclub or late-night bar: premises licence transfer, DPS variation, due diligence on conditions, and inheriting the audit trail.
Opening a Bakery
Food safety compliance for opening a bakery in the UK. Covers registration, SFBB, allergen labelling under Natasha's Law, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Deli
Food safety compliance for opening a deli in the UK. Covers registration, chilled storage, PPDS labelling, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Sandwich Shop
Food safety compliance for opening a sandwich shop in the UK. Covers registration, chilled prep, PPDS labelling, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Hotel
Food safety compliance for opening a hotel in the UK. Covers registration, multiple food outlets, HACCP, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Bar
Food safety compliance for opening a bar serving food in the UK. Covers registration, garnishes and ice, SFBB, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Starting a Home Food Business
Food safety compliance for starting a home food business in the UK. Covers registration, SFBB at home, allergens, labelling, and EHO readiness.
Starting a Street Food Stall
Food safety compliance for starting a street food stall in the UK. Covers registration, mobile hygiene, SFBB, water and waste, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Farm Shop
Food safety compliance for opening a farm shop in the UK. Covers registration, chilled retail, PPDS labelling, raw meat and dairy, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Pizzeria
Food safety compliance for opening a pizzeria in the UK. Covers registration, dough and toppings, SFBB, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Juice Bar
Food safety compliance for opening a juice bar in the UK. Covers registration, fresh produce washing, chilled storage, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Running a Pop-Up Restaurant
Food safety compliance for running a pop-up restaurant in the UK. Covers registration, temporary premises, SFBB, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Wedding and Event Catering
Food safety compliance for wedding and event catering in the UK. Covers registration, off-site cooking and cooling, allergens, transport, and EHO readiness.
Opening a Butchers
Food safety compliance for opening a butchers in the UK. Covers registration, raw meat handling, cross-contamination, allergens, and EHO readiness.
Opening an Ice Cream Shop
Food safety compliance for opening an ice cream shop in the UK. Covers registration, frozen storage, scoop hygiene, allergens, and EHO readiness.
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