Food safety act 1990, Food hygiene regulations 1995, Food labelling

Question 1

what are the most important areas of the food safety act 1990?

Answer 1

1. to ensure you do not include anything in food, remove anything from food or it in any way which means it would be damaging to the health of people eating it.
2. to ensure that the food you serve or sell is of the nature, substance or quality which consumers would expect
3. to ensure that the food is labelled, advertised and presented in a way that is not false or misleading.

Question 2

What 13 points should food labelling include?

Answer 2

Name, ingredients, storage, shelf-life, place of origin, weight, instructions for use, traceability, nutritional information, environmental issues, current labelling legislation and other labelling information. e.g. traffic light labelling.