Website and telephone payments Sunday 19 May
Our website and telephone payment systems are unavailable between 9am and 2pm on Sunday 19 May. You will not be able to pay for any council services on our website or over the phone during this time.
If you are running a food business, you must make sure you comply with all food safety legislation. Find out how to keep your business legal.
The law also places an obligation on businesses to ensure activities are carried out in a hygienic way.
It is against the law to:
It is your responsibility to check what you need to do to comply with the law. If you don’t, we can take legal action.
Every food business has different risks, depending on the type of food being prepared and the way it is produced and handled.
You must make sure that:
We offer a food service advice service for start-up businesses and newly registered food businesses in the Scarborough area, to maintain or improve their food hygiene rating.
Our food hygiene and safety advice service costs a flat rate of £150 (including VAT) for on-site advice meetings.
For more information on this service, complete our food safety advice request form.
Food safety advice request form
You can get more information, safety tips and hygiene advice on the Food Standards Agency website.
The Safer food, better business (SFBB) website has information to help smaller food businesses put in place food safety management procedures and comply with food hygiene regulations.
Read our food safety pack for home bakers to ensure that you meet all the legal requirements if you regularly provide food to friends or members of the public.