Food and Drug Administration

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is a decentralized agency of the European Union (EU) whose goal is to promote and protect human and animal health. The EMA is the European Union’s equivalent to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom (UK) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States of America (US) are the regulatory authorities (collectively, the regulatory authorities) with responsibility in their respective countries for the authorization.

MHRA stands for Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and it is part of the UK’s Department of Health. Employing around 1,200 people across England, the Agency is responsible for regulating medicines, medical devices and blood donations for transfusions within the UK.

The Food Standards Agency

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• Tesco. Why we like it: A flexible service with no minimum spend.
• AmazonFresh.
• Ocado.
• Waitrose.
• Morrisons.
• Iceland.
• Sainsbury’s.
• Asda.

Olio. Olio is a free food and drink sharing app. Anyone can use it, from neighbours to big businesses, and the idea is that instead of binning perfectly edible food, you can give it to someone else who won’t let it go to waste.

Size and dimension of the health marks The health mark must be an oval mark at least 6.5 cm wide by 4.5 cm. It must contain either the UK or GB abbreviation or full country name UNITED KINGDOM, followed by the approval number of the establishment. Letters must be at least 0.8 cm high and figures at least 1 cm high.

Products of animal origin produced in approved premises are to be marked by either a health mark or an identification mark. Health marks are applied by, or under the supervision of, official veterinarians, while it is food business operators that apply identification marks.

the letters EC for European Community (sometimes also the older EEC for European Economic Community), or their equivalents in other EU languages (for example, EK instead of EC, or EGK instead of EEC), but only if the source materials were produced in/imported from another EC member state.

This set of regulations, known as the “Hygiene Package”, concerns the entire food chain from primary production (both animal and plant) to the consumer and including the food industry, catering trades, transport and distribution (“from farm to fork”).

What are the main provision for food hygiene EU regulations?

• established that primary responsibility for food safety lies with FBOs.
• laid down that food safety must be protected throughout the food chain, starting with primary production.
• required the registration of approval of food business establishments.

We have free online food safety courses available to help you and your business comply with food hygiene and food standards. Our e-learning courses include: Allergen training. Labelling training.

The main offences are: rendering food injurious to health (section 7 of the Act); selling, to the purchaser’s prejudice, food which is not of the nature or substance or quality demanded (section 14); and falsely or misleadingly describing or presenting food (section 15).