LO2 - Legalisation: food safety act 1990

Question 1

what are the key ideas about this act?

Answer 1

1. food must be safe to eat.
2. food must be of the nature, substance or quality demanded
3. food must be falsely or misleadingly described or presented
4. food must not be contaminated.

Question 2

what are the regulations of this act?

Answer 2

1. the registration of the premise used for a food business with the local authority.
2. basic hygiene training for all individuals handling food.
3. product temperature control
4. date marking

Question 3

what 3 things of information are there about temperature and dates when working with food?

Answer 3

1. most perishable foods have to be kept at temperature of less than 8 degrees
2. certain food in which microbes can spread must be stored at temperatures less than 5 degrees.
3. foods including frozen or canned must carry date marks (used by or best before) which must be adhered to and not changed.

Question 4

what are the consequences of breaking the food safety act?

Answer 4

1. fine
2. imprisonment
3. closure of services

Question 5

what do the environmental health officers do?

Answer 5

they are the people that enforce this act (seize unfit foods)