Approval application form
You can apply online for the approval of your food business by filling out an application form.
There is some guidance available on how to complete the form.
You will need to provide all the relevant documentation listed below to accompany your approval application form. If these documents are not sent at the same time as the application form, the application will not be processed.
These documents include:
- A detailed scale plan of the (proposed) establishment showing the location of rooms and other areas to be used for the storage and processing of raw materials, products and waste, and the layout of facilities and equipment.
- A description of the (proposed):
- Food safety management system based on HACCP principles
- Establishment and equipment maintenance arrangements
- Establishment, equipment, and transport cleaning arrangements
- Waste collection and disposal arrangements
- Water supply
- Water supply quality testing arrangements
- Arrangements for product testing
- Pest control arrangements
- Monitoring arrangements for staff health
- Staff hygiene training arrangements
- Arrangements for record keeping
- Arrangements for applying the identification mark to product packaging or wrapping.
Information that is not sent with the application form will still be required before your application can be determined.
It is a criminal offence to run an unapproved food premises and you can be prosecuted for doing so.