Food standards

Advice to businesses

If you are a Cumberland business you can get advice from us on:

• food labelling
• compositional requirements for any product you make
• thinking of making food products

Please contact us on 01946 505005 or email: trading.standards@cumberland.gov.uk

Inspection and sampling

If you are a business which manufactures or supplies food and drink you may be visited or contacted as part of our routine inspection and sampling programme.  Our purpose is to ensure the composition, quality, labelling, advertising and presentation of food complies with legal requirements. Wherever possible we will provide you with advice and guidance to meet your legal obligations.

Sign up for food alerts

Food alerts are issued by the Food Standards Agency and usually relate to a product withdrawal or recall by a manufacturer or retailer.  

We will contact you if you have any affected foods but you can subscribe and receive food alerts from the Food Standards Agency.

Allergens and intolerances

Food business operators in the retail and catering sector are required to provide allergen information and follow labelling rules.

This means that food business operators must: 

• provide allergen information to the consumer for both prepacked and non-prepacked food and drink
• handle and manage food allergens effectively in food preparation

Allergen guidance for food businesses (Food Standards Agency).