Langdale and Fylingdales area wildfire
You can find the latest information about the wildfire in the Langdale and Fylingdales area near Scarborough and Whitby on our Langdale and Fylingdales area wildfire page.
Some food establishments handling, preparing, or producing products from animals must be approved by us. Find out if you need approval and apply online.
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