Food safety and animal feed incidents

As a food or animal feed business, you must ensure the food or feed you import, produce, process, manufacture or distribute is safe. You must keep records to:

• identify who supplied and/or transported the food or feed
• identify business customers that you sold the food or feed to
• give product details for identification
• show quantities supplied, and names and dates of sale and delivery (except sales to final consumer)

You must report any food incidents to:

• your local council
• Food Standards Agency (FSA)

You must report any feed incidents to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

You must have procedures in place to prevent food or animal feed incidents and to deal with them quickly when they happen. You must carry out food withdrawals and recalls for any food or animal feed that does not comply with safety rules.

This guide answers the question - what is a food incident. It explains how to report a food or animal feed incident and how to report food fraud.