Bespoke Tax Accountants

Specialist tax advice, accountancy and tax returns

01242 505970
info@bespoketax.com

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
    • Careers
    • Statutory Information
    • Privacy Policy
  • Who We Help
    • Personal and Family
    • Business
    • Our Clients
  • News
    • Making Tax Digital
  • Giving Back
  • Contact
  • Cloud Accounting
    • Xero

Handling food? Wash, those hands

27th October 2020 By bespoketax

Handling food? Wash, those hands

If you are considering any change to your business activities that will involve handling any packaged food or raw ingredients, as you would expect, there are a raft of regulations that you will need to consider and adopt.

The Department of the Environment has published considerable guidance on the GOV.UK website. Simply Google “Guidance for food businesses on coronavirus”. A brief extract from their guidance follows. 

Although it is very unlikely that COVID-19 is transmitted through food or food packaging, as a matter of good hygiene practice your staff should wash their hands frequently with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. This should be done routinely, including:

  • before and after handling food 
  • before handling clean cutlery, dishes, glasses, or other items to be used by the customer
  • after handling dirty or used items, such as collecting used dishes from customer tables 
  • after handling money 
  • after touching high-contact surfaces, such as door handles
  • when moving between different areas of the workplace
  • after being in a public place
  • after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing. Coughs and sneezes should be caught in a tissue or the crook of your elbow

Food packaging should be handled in line with usual food safety practices and staff should continue to follow existing risk assessments and safe systems of working.

Readers who need more information should research the following:

  • Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) guidance on personal hygiene and hygienic practices in food preparation, 
  • Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) processes and 
  • Guidance on risk assessment from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Filed Under: Uncategorised

Recent News

  • CGT during divorce or separation
  • Taxpayers who return to the UK
  • Corporation Tax – marginal relief from 1 April 2023
  • Claiming Child Trust Fund cash

News Categories

  • Budget Summary
  • Business
  • Business Support
  • Capital allowances
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • Company Secretarial
  • Construction Industry Scheme
  • Corporate Governance & Regulation
  • Corporation Tax
  • Customs Duties
  • Duties
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employment & Payroll
  • Employment Law
  • European Union
  • Family Tax Credits
  • General
  • HMRC notices
  • Income Tax
  • Inheritance Tax
  • National Insurance
  • NIC & Pensions
  • Other duties
  • Overseas personal tax issues
  • Overseas tax issues
  • Payroll
  • Pension
  • Personal
  • Practice News
  • Stamp duty
  • Stamp Duty Land Tax
  • Tax credits
  • Tax Diary
  • Value Added Tax
  • VAT & Duties

About Us

Bespoke has a reputation for helping our clients make the most of their financial situations and in turn we have become a trusted extension of their business or family.

Bespoke assist with compliance requirements, providing specialist tax advice, and planning for now and the future.

Keep informed.
Sign up for our Topical Newsletter

Our FREE monthly newsletter will keep you up to date with the latest news related to the world of accountancy.

Register Here

Contact

Delta Place,
27 Bath Road, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, GL53 7TH
01242 505970
info@bespoketax.com

ICAEW Chartered AccountantsXERO Gold PartnerChartered Institute of TaxationMember of EISA

Copyright © 2022 · Bespoke Tax Accountants · Website by Culpepper & Co

.