Examples include:
- Meat and meat product plants (such as beef, pork, poultry, lamb, rabbit)
- Meat processing plants
- Meat preparation plants
- Minced meat processing operations and mechanically separated meat processing plants
- Certain cold stores
- Premises dealing with live bi-valve molluscs, such as mussels and oysters
- Premises dealing with fishery products
- Premises dealing with milk and milk products
- Premises dealing with eggs
- Premises dealing with frogs legs and snails
- Certain wholesale markets
Exemptions
You do not need to be approved if you sell direct to the public or retailers like caterers, pubs and restaurants, as long as:
- food is less than 25 per cent of your trade
- you do not handle any wild game meat products
- you do not sell food outside the county your business is registered in
Notification of changes
Once premises approval has been given, it is a legal requirement for food business operators to ensure we are kept updated in writing with changes to business activities.
We must:
- be kept informed of changes to the business name
- ownership of the business
- scope of the premises
- product lines
You should also let us know if the premises close down.
How to apply
Apply online for food premises approval via the UK Government website