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RetailSafe Food Safety System Launched

A food safety assurance system for the retail industry is to be published by TSO, for the Food Standards Agency Scotland. The RetailSafe Food Safety Assurance System is designed to help retail businesses dealing with unwrapped high-risk food build upon their current safe working practices. High-risk foods - such as cooked meats, cooked meat products such as pies and pâtés, unwrapped sandwiches, egg and dairy products - require refrigeration and must be kept separate from raw foods. The manual will help retailers examine their own business operation and identify the controls necessary depending on the risk posed by the products sold. This manual contains information on HACCP principles as well as guidance on a range of other food safety issues. The guide is divided into four sections and includes an Action Plan to record progress. • Introduction - guidance on HACCP terms used in the manual • Business Selector - helps with the selection of house rules appropriate to the business type • House Rules - contains guidance and templates to help write individual house rules building on day-to-day safe working practices • Records - contains guidance and templates to link in with other sections RetailSafe was developed by a team of food law enforcement and food industry experts to provide practical advice on the implementation of HACCP based systems in the retail sector. Retail businesses have used it over the past two years as the basis for implementation of food safety management systems in line with EU hygiene regulations. Priced at £30 plus shipping and handling, RetailSafe (ISBN 9780117021457) can be ordered in advance online at www.tsoshop.co.uk as well as from TSO's own stores and other leading bookshops, or via 0870 600 5522. www.tso.co.uk