Food safety information
Keeping your food safe
Hammersmith & Fulham Food Safety Team - Environmental Health Officers aim to ensure that all food and drink intended for human consumption by Hammersmith and Fulham’s 1,500 food businesses is produced, stored, distributed or handled without risk to the health and safety of the consumer.
Food safety is a major part of the environmental health officer's work. Our job is to ensure that food business supply wholesome and safely food produced in a clean, hygienic manner. We also investigate outbreaks of infectious disease and food poisoning to prevent them spreading.
The aim of these pages is to provide businesses and the general public with information and advice about food safety and the steps we can take when contraventions are discovered. The following links are designed to provide both businesses and the general public with useful food safety advice. If you cannot find the information that you require please feel free to contact us by;
E-form: Trading standards, licensing and environmental health
Tel: 020 8753 1081
Fax: 0208 753 3922
Or write to: Public Protection & Safety, 5th Floor Town Hall Extension, King Street, London W6 9JU
Chef of The Year Competition 2007
Starting up a food business – What you need to know - Food Registration Application Form
Food hygiene inspection results
What to do if you have a food complaint
Food sampling – What samples do we take?
Food Review – Our quarterly newsletter
Food Poisoning and infectious disease control
Imported Food Control
A guide to HACCP for caterers (pdf)
Food Labelling Information (pdf)
More information concerning Food Safety is available from the sources listed below.
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Health Protection Agency (HPA)
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
Local Authorities Co-ordinators and Regulatory Services (LACORS)
