Food and village halls guidance published

Guidance on the provision of food in a village hall, or other community  setting, has been published. The guidance, which is aimed at community and  charity groups and local authorities in England, should help clarify which food  operations carried out in these venues require registration.
 
The guidance was developed following comments made on the Government's Red  Tape Challenge website and a call for clearer guidance on how food hygiene legislation applies to community events.

For an activity to require registration, it must have 'a certain continuity of  activities' and 'a certain degree of organisation' . The FSA suggests that, generally, providing food less than once a month is not  considered to have ‘a certain continuity of activities'.

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