Selling prepackaged food

stimpy27

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me i would like to sell prepackaged food such as kit jars, crisps, fizzy drinks etc during an indoor market. I have contacted the local food safety dept t the council but I just seem to get standard set of forms back with no specifics. I cannot believe that I need food safety certificates to buy 48 chocolate bars, open the box and resell them!!

Thanks for our help

Anna

Savvy_Sue

stimpy27 wrote: »

I am hoping someone can help me i would like to sell prepackaged food such as kit jars, crisps, fizzy drinks etc during an indoor market. I have contacted the local food safety dept t the council but I just seem to get standard set of forms back with no specifics. I cannot believe that I need food safety certificates to buy 48 chocolate bars, open the box and resell them!!

Have you spoken to the EH dept?

You see, I CAN believe that you need food hygiene training before selling any kind of food at a market. I don't know which of us is correct, but if EH say you do, then they'd be the ones to believe.

Haarlem

stimpy27 wrote: »

Hi,

I am hoping someone can help me i would like to sell prepackaged food such as kit jars, crisps, fizzy drinks etc during an indoor market. I have contacted the local food safety dept t the council but I just seem to get standard set of forms back with no specifics. I cannot believe that I need food safety certificates to buy 48 chocolate bars, open the box and resell them!!

Thanks for our help

Anna

What kind of indoor market is it?

If it is a public one then you will need public liability insurance, and the insurers will need to be satisfied of your competence.

If its say within a village hall for a fund raising event then cover will lie both on the hall operators and the event organisers, and once again their insurers will be interested.

Mistral001

I suppose it is like being a little bit pregnant, you cannot be just be a little bit compliant with the food hygiene authorities requirements as far as the food hygiene authorities are concerned. You perhaps need to read their information and see if there are any exceptions for prepacked confectionary etc.

martindow

Mistral001 wrote: »

You perhaps need to read their information and see if there are any exceptions for prepacked confectionary etc.

I imagine there must be. Surely shop employees don't need food hygiene training to sell Kitkats?

Savvy_Sue

One thing for the OP to consider is that the training isn't actually that difficult or expensive, I believe you can do it online or at many local colleges of FE. And once you've done it, it means if someone offers something which isn't pre-packaged you're good to go.

Mistral001

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

One thing for the OP to consider is that the training isn't actually that difficult or expensive, I believe you can do it online or at many local colleges of FE. And once you've done it, it means if someone offers something which isn't pre-packaged you're good to go.

The garageman who used to pick out midget gem sweets from the glass jar they were kept in with his dirty fingers when I was a kid probably did not do any training and there was nothing wrong with that...... or was there?

paulwf

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

One thing for the OP to consider is that the training isn't actually that difficult or expensive, I believe you can do it online or at many local colleges of FE. And once you've done it, it means if someone offers something which isn't pre-packaged you're good to go.

Food hygiene level 2 training is £12 and takes about 60 minutes online to complete and you can download and print off the certificate immediately afterwards. You won't learn anything but you'll be compliant

This is very much an off topic ramble but it does highlight how difficult it is to compare star ratings on the "scores on the doors" system. A supermarket with 100 staff and a deli counter, fish counter and meat counter can't really be compared to a convenience store selling prepacked stock and a sushi restaurant preparing raw fish and a greasy kebab shop and so on. Luckily for the OP though this means it is easy to get the nod from the EHO, they won't really be all that concerned about someone selling a few chocolate bars.

stimpy27

Thank you very much for your replies, I'll do the level 2training, which I vaguely remember doing once at school!

Tony_Williams

Hygine in any business looks good.

Eliza_2

paulwf wrote: »

Food hygiene level 2 training is £12 and takes about 60 minutes online to complete and you can download and print off the certificate immediately afterwards. You won't learn anything but you'll be compliant
.

I've googled and found several courses though the ones run by the local authorities seem to cost more and require attendance at college. Are these online ones authorised and how do we ensure the quality of what they teach?

Can you recommend an online course? Thanks. Like the OP, we are also looking to sell prepackaged sweets, crisps etc but maybe also drinks (tea, coffee) nothing more.