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Understand your legal responsibilities for hygiene as a food business, and follow best practices to maintain safe hygiene standards.

How to appeal against action taken by food safety inspector against your food business.

What to do if a food safety officer takes action against your food business.

What happens following a food safety inspection, including enforcement actions and notices.

Find out what action the food safety inspector can take when inspecting your food business.

Measures you must take to make sure food produced by your business is safe to eat.

Overview of the processes for food safety inspections, including what happens and what you must do.

All food businesses in Northern Ireland must follow the rules on displaying their food hygiene rating.

Understand food hygiene ratings for your business, what the ratings cover, how they're given, and how often your business might be inspected.

Understand the different types of food crime including theft, adulteration and document fraud, and how to report a food crime confidentially.

How whistleblowers are protected from victimisation by their employer if they make a qualifying disclosure.

An outline of the food hygiene regulations that apply to all food businesses throughout the whole food chain.

How codes of practice regulate the way local councils apply food law in Northern Ireland.

The Framework Agreement outlines the remit of the Food Standards Agency to supervise and monitor local authority enforcement.

How central government enforcement agencies work with local councils to enforce food laws and regulations.

An overview of the laws, regulations, codes of practice and guidance for running a food business.

An introduction for food business operators to food law and food hygiene laws, and how they are enforced.

Overview of the requirements for labelling pre-packaged organic food products.

Various labelling legislation you must consider when developing and labelling your food products.

Voluntary front-of-pack signposting and criteria for deciding on the appropriate colour 'traffic light' for foods.

Legislation and regulations to prevent mislabelling or misdescription of foods, and examples of misdescription.

What to include when displaying mandatory nutrition declaration on food labels, and the rules you must follow when making nutritional or health claims for food.

Important allergens to consider when labelling food, and what to do if cross-contamination is unavoidable.

Overview of the food labelling rules that apply to prepacked, prepacked for direct sale and non-prepacked food.