Frontline Professionals Ltd

FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND HACCP DEVELOPMENT

Cost-effective, efficient and flexible, outsourcing your accounting can give you access to CFO-level strategic financial skills to take your company to the next level, and lets you concentrate on running your business.

AUDIT

Food safety and Health and safety audits are vital for maintaining legal compliance, safeguarding individuals, and a good source of identifying hazards and therefore an integral part of the elements of your Food Safety Management or Health and Safety Management system. The following are the reasons and benefits for audits in Health and Safety and Food Safety:

Continuous Improvement – Audits provide valuable feedback on areas that need improvements. They identify weaknesses in Food safety practices or health and safety measures, they support continuous improvement and help maintain high standards.

Ensuring Compliance with Regulations – Audits assist organisations comply with legal and regulatory requirements, this ensures organisations can avoid legal penalties that can result from non compliance

Identifying Hazards and risks – Audits identify potential hazards and risks in both food handling and workplace environments. By spotting problems early, they prevent accidents, foodborne illnesses, and health issues that could harm employees or consumers.

Improvements in Operational Efficiencies – Audits allow businesses and organisations to streamline operations by ensuring that food safety protocols and health and safety procedures are followed effectively. This leads to better workflow management, less disruptions and product that meets specifications.

Enhancing Consumer Confidence – Consumers have more confidence in businesses that demonstrate commitment to food safety and employee safety. Audits provide evidence of being proactive and assist in brand protection and can be a requirement in fulfilling contractual obligations.

Prevention of Financial Loss – Audits can help prevent costly recalls, lawsuits, and fines by identifying non-compliance or unsafe practices early. This can protect a business from significant financial setbacks and loss of business.

SCORES ON DOORS

Scores on the Doors is a hygiene rating system used by local authorities to determine how food safety is being managed in restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, supermarkets and any other food shops. Scores on Doors were introduced by the Food Standards agency which haver the statutory responsibilities for the protection of public health for consumers of food.

The inspectors will assess on the day how you manage your food safety and will look at handling of food , its storage, preparation, cleanliness of premises, the controls in place for cross contamination, training. So the key areas they will look at are:

• Food hygiene and safety procedures
• Structural requirements
• Effectiveness of Management, therefore confidence in management.

Frontline Professionals Ltd can assist and work with you to meet the standards needed so you can meet these standards and improve on your scores. Maintaining excellent food hygiene standards helps you meet your legal and moral obligations to your customers. In addition good standards

HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENTS

One of the fundamental requirements in managing Health and Safety is that you need to identify the hazards (dangers) associated with your work places, the level of risk from those dangers and then put into place effective controls that reduce those dangers, ensuring those controls meet legal requirements and industry specific standards, national and international standards which is applicable. We have the know-how, experience and experience to work with small businesses and organisations to carry out your risk assessments and work with you to put into place the controls required for compliance but ultimately for protection employees and others from work related ill health or injuries.