Register a food business

We will be polite and courteous and show identification. We are there to help you and to ensure that the food produced on your premises is safe to eat. 

We will be looking at the following: 

• Your premises. Are they clean, in a good state of repair and is the layout suitable to allow for safe handling and preparation of food? 
• Your chosen Food Safety Management System. Do you have a suitable food safety management system based on the HACCP principles in place?  You can use your own in-house system or you may wish to consider use of Safer Food Better Business from the Food Standards Authority. 
• Food Safety Practices and Procedures. Are the procedures in your food safety management system being followed and do they allow for the safe handling and preparation of food? 
• Staff Training. Do staff have appropriate training to ensure that the food produced or handled is safe to eat? 

Most registered food businesses are included in this scheme.  As a new business, you will not receive a rating until you have had your first inspection.  However, as you will not receive an inspection immediately you can request an 'Awaiting Inspection' sticker and certificate to display in your premises.  

Following each inspection, food premises are rated on a scale of 0 to 5 and are provided with a sticker that may be displayed on the premises. All ratings are published on the Food Standards Agency website at www.food.gov.uk/ratings 

You must notify us of any changes that take place such as a change of ownership, change of the address at which moveable premises are kept, significant changes in activities carried out, or closure of an establishment.

Please email environmentalhealth@waverley.gov.uk to tell us.

Food businesses in Waverley may require a health certificate where they export food from Waverley to a non-EU country. This is a chargeable service.

Please contact us for more information.

Email: environmentalhealth@waverley.gov.uk