FOOD AUTHORITIES
Local sources of guidance and advice on the full range of food law are your Environmental Health and Trading Standards departments; this is also where to seek advice on medical issues. Contact details can be found at www.gov.uk.
ANIMAL & PLANT HEALTH AGENCY (APHA)
Responsible for TB testing
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and-plant-health-agency
APHA Headquarters: Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB
ENGLAND:
Main contact number: 03000 200 301
Fax: 02080 260 187
TB.Advice@apha.gov.uk
WALES:
Main contact number: 0300 303 8268
apha.cymruwales@apha.gov.uk
SCOTLAND:
Contact your local Field Services office
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES
Food Standards Agency https://www.food.gov.uk/
Floors 6 and 7, Clive House
70 Petty France
London SW1H 9EX
Tel: 0330 332 7149
Open 9.00 until 17.00, Monday to Friday
Email: helpline@food.gov.uk
FSA in Wales:
Email: walesadminteam@food.gov.uk
FSA in Northern Ireland:
Email: infofsani@food.gov.uk
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is the public sector food body for Scotland.
Contact Food Standards Scotland [1]
Food Standards Agency Approvals and Registration team
Kings Pool
Peasholme Green
York
YO1 7PR
Tel: 01904 232060
England approvals@food.gov.uk
Wales approvals@food.gov.uk
Northern Ireland NIOperationalpolicy@food.gov.uk
Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee:
Email: enquiries@fss.scot
Tel: 01224 285100
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR AGRICULTURE
Defra: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
LONDON
SW1P 3JR
Tel: 08459 335577
Defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69
READING
RG1 3YD
Tel: 03000 200 301
ruralpayments@defra.gov.uk
[1] As of 1 April 2015, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) adopted national Government responsibility in Scotland for food and feed safety and standards, nutrition, food labelling, and for meat inspection policy and operational delivery. Consequently, references in this Code to FSA in relation to Scotland should be taken to apply to FSS.
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
ceu@gov.scot
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (NI)
DAERA helpline numbers | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (daera-ni.gov.uk)
PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Head Office
Chadwick Court
15 Hatfields
LONDON
SE1 8DJ
Tel: 0207 827 5800
www.cieh.org
DAIRYCO
(a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board)
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Middlemarch Business Park
Siskin Parkway East
Coventry
CV3 4PE
Telephone: 024 7669 2051
info@ahdb.org.uk
Institute of Food Science & Technology
5 Cambridge Court
210 Shepherds Bush Road
London
W6 7NJ
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7603 6316
General Enquiries: info@ifst.org
Membership Enquiries: membership@ifst.org
Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
19 Torphichen Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HX
Tel: 01312 292968
www.rehis.org
Royal Society for Public Health
John Snow House
59 Mansell Street
LONDON
E1 8AN
Tel: 0207 265 7300
www.rsph.org
Society of Dairy Technology
Larnick Park
Higher Larrick
Trebullett
Launceston, Cornwall
PL15 9QH
Tel: 0845 5280418
www.sdt.org
Society of Food Hygiene Technology
Unit 2 ,Lichfield Business Village
Staffordshire, University Lichfield Centre
The Friary, Lichfield
Staffordshire, WS13 6QG
Tel: 01827 872500
admin@sofht.co.uk