Food safety

In this section:

• Food and Safety Unit - what we do
  Services available from the Food and Safety Unit
• Food business registration
  All food businesses must register with their local authority 28 days prior to opening. Download a registration form from here
• Food hygiene training for ethnic businesses
  Fast Food, Safe Food - photobooks aimed at food handlers who do not speak English as their first language
• Food poisoning and infectious diseases
  The council can act if you have food poisoning caused by a food premises in York. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, temperature, cramps and nausea
• Exporting food and unfit food
  If you export food to non EC countries you are usually required to provide a health and purity certificate to show that the food is fit for human consumption
• Food Safety Week
  This year, Food Safety Week takes place from 7 to 13 June and will focus on preventing cases of food poisoning caused by campylobacter
• Scores on the Doors
  Our star rating scheme for food hygiene standards in our food businesses