Licence summary
Generally if you are manufacturing products containing
ingredients of animal origin, and you are processing any of the
ingredients, you will need approval. Processing would include heat
treatment eg pasteurisation of a dairy product. The basic principle
is that food safety hazards are controlled at the point of
production.
Eligibility criteria
Your food business may require approval if you intend to use
"unprocessed products of animal origin" e.g. raw meat, raw minced
meat, raw milk or eggs to produce any, or a combination of the
following:
- Minced meat
- Meat preparations
- Mechanically separated meat
- Meat products
- Live Bi Valve Molluscs
- Fishery products
- Raw milk (other than raw cows' milk)
- Dairy products
- Eggs (not primary production)
- Egg products
- Frogs legs and snails
- Rendered animal fats and greaves
- Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines
- Gelatine and collagen
The requirement for approval will include certain cold stores
and certain wholesale markets.
If your food business requires approval there are a number of
requirements which need to be followed and if your business is
based in the Peterborough area you cannot operate until your food
operation has been approved by this authority. There are however, a
number of exemptions.
To see the Exemptions follow the link below.
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Approval exemptions
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The approval process requires that you put in place procedures
to manage food safety and that these procedures be based upon
hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) principles.
To see Food Safety Management System Information follow the link
below.
Food Safety Management System Information
(21KB, 1 pages)
Regulation summary
View a
summary of the regulation.
Application evaluation process
If your business is based in the Peterborough area you cannot
operate until your food operation has been approved by this
authority. If you are unsure as to whether your business needs
approval please contact Peterborough City Council.
You can apply by completing the Application for Approval of a
Food Business Establishment (see the apply online link below). With
the completed form you will need to attach all the relevant
documents as listed on the application form.
We will contact you to arrange for a visit to your premises. We
will visit your premises within 28 days of receiving your
application. The visit will encompass a full inspection of the
establishment to verify that all systems, procedures and
documentation meet the relevant requirements of Regulation 852/2004
and Regulation 853/2004. After the visit there may need to be a
planned programme of works in order to achieve approval and you
and/or your employees may need to have further training
proportionate to the size and nature of your business.
Once we have assessed your premises your establishment may be
granted full approval, granted conditional approval or approval may
be refused.
Once your business is approved we will issue your establishment
with a unique approval number which makes up part of the standard
identification mark which must be applied to your products and
documentation.
To ensure that you are complying with the labelling requirements
you will need to contact Trading Standards at Peterborough City
Council.
Will tacit consent apply?
No. It is in the public interest that the authority must process
your application before it can be granted. If you have not heard
from Peterborough City Council within a reasonable period (28
calendar days) please contact us.
Apply online
Application for food premises approval
Application to change a food premises approval
Contact details
Peterborough City Council
Business Regulation Team
Operations Directorate
Bridge House
Town Bridge
Peterborough
PE1 1HU
Email: foodandsafety@peterborough.gov.uk
Telephone: 01733 747474 Between 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday
to Friday.
Public register
To view approved premises see the online links
below
http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/meat/meatplantsprems/approvedmeatplants/approvedengland/
http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/farmingfood/fishapprove/
http://www.food.gov.uk/foodindustry/farmingfood/milkandairy
Fees
There is currently no charge.
Failed application redress
If an establishment does not fully meet the legal requirements,
Peterborough City Council may grant conditional approval or may
refuse approval.
If we decide to refuse an application for approval, we will
notify you in writing as soon as possible. We will give the reasons
for refusal, the matters necessary to satisfy the requirements and
make it clear that activities requiring approval may not be
undertaken unless approval or conditional approval is granted.
If your application for approval is refused, you can appeal to
the local Magistrates’ Court.
Food business operator redress
Please contact Peterborough City Council in the first
instance.
Consumer complaint
We would always advise that in the event of a complaint the
first contact is made with the trader by you - preferably in the
form a letter (with proof of delivery). If that has not worked, if
you are located in the UK, Consumer Direct will give
you advice. From outside the UK contact the UK European Consumer Centre.
Further information
http://www.food.gov.uk/