Safer Food Better Business (SFBB)
In January 2006 new European Community Food Hygiene Regulations
were introduced which superseded the previous Food Safety (General
Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995. Under Article 5 of the new EC
Regulation 852/2004 it stated that all Food Business Operators
shall put in place, implement and maintain a permanent procedure or
procedures based on the HACCP principles. In addition to this it
also stated that Food Business Operators must establish documents
and records commensurate with the nature and size of the food
business to demonstrate the effectiveness of the systems and
procedures in place. To assist Food Business Operators in achieving
this the Food Standards Agency introduced the Safer Food Better
Business Pack (SFBB). The Safer Food Better Business Pack (SFBB) is
split into two main parts. The first part covers the 5 main areas
of food safety, which are cooking, cleaning, chilling,
cross-contamination and management. The second part includes a
diary for the business to use on a daily basis.
From January 2006 the SFBB pack has been available for all food
businesses. During the summer of 2006 a bid was submitted to the
Food Standards Agency by Environmental Health Departments across
Kent to obtain a grant to provide Safer Food Better Business
seminars and coaching to food businesses across the county. Dover
District Council was a part of the bid and as a result of monies
being obtained there have been 6 seminars held within the Dover
District and many follow up coaching visits to individual
businesses. During the 6 seminars a total of 96 businesses from the
district attended and 84 of those received a follow up coaching
visit. As a follow up to this we have evaluated 36 of the
businesses and have noted that the majority have been successful in
the implementation of SFBB.
The seminars and follow up coaching sessions have now all been
completed but we will continue to evaluate businesses during our
routine work and provide advice and coaching where necessary. If
you require an SFBB pack then these can be obtained by either
contacting our department or via the Food Standards Agency. Full
contact details for both are given below. We have the following
types of packs available within the department: - SFBB for
Caterers, SFBB for Retailers, SFBB for Chinese Cuisine with a fully
translated version available and SFBB for Indian, Pakistani,
Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan Cuisines. There is also a care homes
supplement available, suitable for use at care homes and nurseries
and additional diary pages for all business types. A DVD will be
provided with your SFBB pack and this will give you instructions on
how to use it. The following language options are available on the
DVD – Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, English, Kurdish, Mandarin,
Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu,
Vietnamese and Welsh. If you still require any further advice or
support on the use of the pack then we can provide one to one
coaching sessions at the business and contact details are given at
the bottom. Finally, if you have any queries relating to the SFBB
pack then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will
endeavour to assist you.
Contact
Environmental Health
White Cliffs Business Park
Dover
CT16 3PJ
Tel: 01304 872216
E-mail: envhealth@dover.gov.uk
Food Standards Agency
Tel: 0845 606 0667
Website: www.food.gov.uk
