4.3 - Food safety legislation

Question 1

Summarise the food safety act 1970

Answer 1

• ensures food produced is safe to eat
• states that it is an offence to make food sold for human consumption unsafe to eat
• food producers or retailers may not add any substances to food which’ll make it unsafe to eat

Question 2

what is due diligence

Answer 2

reasonable precautions that should be taken