APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A FOOD BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT

(Regulation (EC) No. 852/2004 on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs, Article 6(2))

This form should be completed by food business operators in respect of new food business establishments and submitted to the relevant competent authority 28 days before commencing food operations. On the basis of activities carried out, certain food business establishments are required to be approved rather than registered. If you are unsure whether any aspect of your food operations would require your establishment to be approved, please contact Brighton and Hove City Council for guidance.

1.	Address of establishment (or address at which moveable establishment is kept)

….... Post code………	……

2.	Name of food business (trading name)	……….. Telephone No.	……

Full Name of food Business Operator ……………………………………………………………………………......

4.	Address of Food Business Operator …………………………………………………………………………...……..

……………………………………………………………………..………… Post Code …………………………..…..

Telephone No.: ……………………………………. E-Mail …………………………………………………………...

Type of Food Business (please tick ALL the boxes that apply)

Farm Shop

Food manufacturing/processing

Packer

Importer

Wholesale/cash and carry

Distribution/warehousing

Retailer

Restaurant/cafe/snack bar

Market

Seasonal Slaughterer

Staff Restaurant

Catering

Hospital/residential home/school

Hotel/pub/guest house

Private house used for a food business

Moveable establishment, e.g. ice cream van

Market stall

Food Broker

Takeaway

Other (please give details)……..……………………….
6. Type of Business:

Sole Trader

Partnership

Limited Company

If Limited Company, please complete 7. below	Other (please give details …………………...…........................... ………………………………………………………………….
7.	Limited Company Name ………………………………………………. Company No. ……………………...……

Registered Office Address ………………………………………………………………………………………...……

…………………………………………………………………………… Post Code …………………………………..

Number of vehicles or stalls kept at, or used from, the food business establishment and used for the purposes of preparing, selling or transporting food:

5 or less 6-10 11-50 51 plus

9.	Water Supplied to the Food Business Establishment: Public (Mains) Supply Private Supply

Full Name of Manager (if different from operator) ………………………………………………………………...

11.	If this is a new business………….…..………...…... 12. If this is a seasonal business .….…..…..…….………..

Date you intend to open Period during which you intend to be open each year

Number of people engaged in food business (count part-time worker(s) (25 hrs per week or less) as one-half)

0-10 11-50 51 Plus (please tick one box)

Signature of Food Business Operator ………………………………….

Please return this form to:

Brighton and Hove City Council

Food Safety Team

Bartholomew House	Bartholomew Square

Brighton BN1 1JP

Date ………………………………………………………………………….

Name (Block Capitals)…………………………………………………………...

After this form has been submitted, food business operators must notify any changes to the activities stated above to Brighton and Hove City Council, and should do so within 28 days of the change(s) happening.

Registration of Food Businesses

1)	All food business operators must register their establishments

Unless it is: -

a)	Domestic as explained below

i)	Preparing food for yourself at home

ii)	Growing fruit and vegetables for your own use or keeping animals to use their products e.g. eggs, milk, meat

iii)	Doing ii) above but also supplying small amounts directly to the person who will use them or to local shops for them to sell directly to the people who will use them

b)	An irregular event such as a church supper, village fete, fund-raising events, school barbecues

Or

c)	The business requires APPROVAL*

2)	This registration must take place at least 28 days before new businesses start operating.

3)	Any major alterations to the business, change of ownership or closure of the business must be notified to the Local Authority. (So we would advise you to keep a copy of the completed Registration Form)

If you have any queries regarding Registration or Approval

please contact this department on (01273) 292161

e-mail ehl.food@brighton-hove.gov.uk

or look at our website www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/foodsafety

“ Food” includes snacks and drinks, not just meals.

“Food business” is “ any undertaking, whether for profit or not and whether public or private, carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing and distribution of food.”

“ Undertaking” implies a degree of continuity of activity and a degree of organisation (see exemptions for irregular events listed above)

“Establishment” means each unit of the business, and includes separate businesses within a building (for example, a franchised kitchen in a pub).

*Approval is required by businesses that supply, products of animal origin, to another business establishment. As the requirement is complex, please contact this department for advice.

Freg1 – May 2010

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF FOOD PREMISES

Administrator

2010-06-10

Brighton & Hove Council