Guest Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 I am hoping to start up my own food business from my kitchen. If anyone has any experience of this I hope you can answer my questions! I have contacted my local council but they're not answering my questions as well as I'd like. I'm aware that I'd need environmental health to inspect my kitchen. But would like to know what they are looking for. Council have sent me a form to fill in to request a visit but it assumes I have a business already. I'm not going to plan my business in every detail if my kitchen is ultimately not suitable. My biggest concern is that there is a cloakroom (toilet) at the end of my kitchen. I find it odd for a house only 14 years old. I can't seem to find the info I need on the net either but I have heard from somewhere that two doors need to be between a toilet and a kitchen but does this apply to a home? I look forward to replies! ppp Quote
Inge Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 the two door thing was an old thing I think they changed it ...which is why you cannot find any info on it.. and yes it did apply to a home. sorry cannot really help but it reminded me of an aunt with two doors because of the regulations at the time.. she had 2 plastic concertina doors next to each other! not really what they were thinking! Quote
Inge Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 did find this though home catering ans setting up a business Quote
Guest Posted December 23, 2010 Posted December 23, 2010 Hi sorry I dont know anything about starting a food busines from home but as a childminder i registered with the food standards agency recently as i prepare ,cook and serve food for the children .the woman who came brought me some leaflets - Food law inspections and your business Food hygiene a guide for businesses Starting up first steps to running a catering business Apparently they are all available from the food standards agency foodstandards@ecgroup.co.uk tel 0845 6060667 You may already have these . but the lady who came to me was very OTT as she kept talking about my childminding setting as a food business ! which I tried to explain to her that i wasnt How ever some of the things she was hot on were The better food better business file Food hygiene certificate Separate sink in the kitchen for hand washing Separate colour coded chopping boards anti bacterial handwash /surface spray temperature probe for checking food temperatures Temperature display of fridge the use of kitchen towels for drying hands etc food reheating procedures food storage procedures what sort of thing you are making/who you were serving food to. Hope this is of some help .I think they may even come out and advise you about what you d need if you ask. Quote
Guest Posted December 23, 2010 Posted December 23, 2010 Thank you very much janice116! Very helpful. I will contact the council again in the new year and hope to move things forward. Quote
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