CHAPTER III

GUIDES TO GOOD PRACTICE

Development, dissemination and use of guides
Article 7
The Food Safety Authority shall encourage the development of guides to good practice for hygiene and for the application of the HACCP principles in accordance with Article 8. The dissemination and use of guides shall be encouraged. Nevertheless, food business operators may use these guides on a voluntary basis.

... Guides
Article 8
1
When ... guides to good practice are developed, they shall be developed and disseminated by food business sectors:
a
in consultation with representatives of parties whose interests may be substantially affected, such as competent authorities and consumer groups;
b
having regard to relevant codes of practice of the Codex Alimentarius;
and
c
when they concern primary production and those associated operations listed in Annex I, having regard to the recommendations set out in Part B of Annex I.
2
Guides may be developed under the aegis of a standards institute.
3
The Food Safety Authority shall assess guides in order to ensure that—
a
they have been developed in accordance with paragraph 1;
b
their contents are practicable for the sectors to which they refer;
and
c
they are suitable as guides to compliance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 in the sectors and for the foodstuffs covered.
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Community guides
Article 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Art. 7 substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 8; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 8 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 8(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 8(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 8(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 8(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 9(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 9 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The General Food Hygiene (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/642), regs. 1, 10; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)