Safer Food Better Business

Safer Food Better Business Norfolk

See Also:

• Food Safety and Hygiene

The Safer Food Better Business Norfolk (SFBB) project was set up to assist small food businesses like hotels, takeaways, pubs, restaurants and cafés to develop a food safety management system as required by laws which came into force in January 2006.

Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) is a pack designed to help smaller food businesses comply with these laws. There are packs for both caterers and retailers. They also help businesses run more efficiently by reducing wastage, and customer complaints, as well as improving food safety. The packs have been designed by the Food Standards Agency in consultation with the catering industry. They are designed to take the drudgery (and expense) out of developing a food safety management system from scratch.

As part of the project, North Norfolk District Council offered free training to catering businesses connected with tourism in North Norfolk. Businesses that took part attended seminars to learn about food regulations, hygiene and the proper handling of food - the so-called "four Cs": cross-contamination, cleaning, chilling and cooking. They then received one-to-one coaching after the seminar to help apply what they had learned to their business. A cycle of evaluation, inspection and certification to prove they were upholding high standards of hygiene followed.

The project is now coming to a conclusion and most of the businesses that took part have received their certificates for successfully using Safer Food Better Business. There are more than 200 of these. Look for them whenever you are out in North Norfolk and looking for somewhere to eat. See below for a list of these and an example certificate. This list will continue to be updated for the next 4 months or so until all the participants have received their certificates.

Related Documents:

• Sample certificate (PDF, 392kb)
• List of Businesses issued with a certificate for successfully using Safer Food Better Business (PDF 62Kb)

If you would like any more information about Safer Food Better Business or any other aspect of food safety please contact Alan Dixon, or any other member of the Commercial team.

Email: alan.dixon@north-norfolk.gov.uk
Tel.: 01263 516008 / Fax: 01263 514627

For further information about the other 3 local authorities that took part please use the following links:

• Broadland District Council
• King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council
• Norwich

If you would like to order an SFBB information pack, or to find out more about the Food Standards Agency (FSA), visit the FSA website.