In 2004 Food Standards Agency Scotland drawing on expertise from the food industry including small businesses, local authorities and the Scottish Food Advisory Committee developed a food management system named 'CookSafe' for caterers and subsequently a system named 'RetailSafe' for retailers .
These systems are designed to help catering and retail businesses understand and implement a HACCP-based system which has been required by law since January 2006. By reading the specific manual and following the instructions, businesses are able to develop HACCP-based procedures that fit their needs.
The same year, to ease the introduction of the new law, the Food Standards Agency Scotland offered funding to enable local authorities to provide free training to businesses prior to the requirement coming into force. This funding continued for two years until 2006.
In South Ayrshire Environmental Health targeted 235 businesses to be trained and mentored using Paragon Training, an external consultant.
Over the two years of the project the training successfully trained 304 businesses which was 30% over our initial target. The feedback from the businesses involved and our enforcement officers was very positive.
 Businesses involved in the training (67KB)
Use the links below to find out more about CookSafe or download a Zip file
with the full e-learning system.
The Food Safety Assurance System can be installed on a Windows
PC.
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CookSafe pages (opens in new window)
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Food Safety Assurance System (140MB)
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