Advice leaflets for the public
These food hygiene leaflets have been prepared for members of the public. They can be downloaded free from this site. Further information for the proprietors of food businesses can be found in the Business Advice page.
Links to other food safety websites:
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- Department of Health (DOH)
- Food Standards Agency
- Health Protection Agency
- United States Department of Agriculture - Food Safety and Inspection Service
Advice on safe and healthy eating
Advice and information on safer and healthier eating is available on the NHS Choices Healthy Eating website. The advice includes how to keep food safe, information on food labels and food-related health issues.
If you have a problem with some food you purchased see the advice on our food complaints page.
Contact us
Please email environment@salford.gov.uk or contact us on 0161 925 1097.
Lines are open between 8.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.
Downloadable documents
- Advisory Note 1 Foreign objects in food (Adobe PDF format, 85kb)
- Advisory Note 2 Curd in tinned salmon (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Advisory Note 3 Calcium Lactate in cheese (Adobe PDF format, 72kb)
- Advisory Note 4 Guidance for persons with vomiting and diarrhoea (Adobe PDF format, 91kb)
- Advisory Note 5 E.Coli 0157 guidance (Adobe PDF format, 78kb)
- E. Coli 0157 control of cross contamination guidance for food businesses and enforcement authorities (Adobe PDF format, 340kb)
- E. Coli 0157 factsheet for food businesses (Adobe PDF format, 138kb)
- Advisory Note 6 Salmonella (Adobe PDF format, 99kb)
- Advisory Note 7 Barbecue safety (Adobe PDF format, 77kb)
- Advisory Note 8 Packed lunches(Adobe PDF format, 77kb)
- Advisory Note 9 Frozen foods(Adobe PDF format, 79kb)
- Advisory Note 10 Cling film (Adobe PDF format, 74kb)
- Advisory Note 11 Microwave ovens (Adobe PDF format, 69kb)
- Advisory Note 12 Dysentery (Adobe PDF format, 94kb)
- Advisory Note 13 Campylobacter (Adobe PDF format, 81kb)
- Advisory Note 14 Psocids/booklice and food safety (Adobe PDF format, 197kb)
- Advisory Note 15 Poultry preparation, storage and food safety (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Advisory Note 16 Hygiene on farm visits (Adobe PDF format, 66kb)
- Advisory Note 17 Ten top tips for food safety (Adobe PDF format, 64kb)
- Salads Served with Takeaway Meals (Adobe PDF format, 284kb)
- Raw Filleted Fish from Retailers (Adobe PDF format, 127kb)
- Cross Contamination in Chinese Takeaways and Restaurants (Adobe PDF format, 84kb)
- Listeria Keeping Food Safe (Adobe PDF format, 50kb)
- The control and management of Listeria monocytogenes contamination of food (Adobe PDF format, 1.4mb)
If you are unable to view documents of these types, our downloads page provides links to viewing software.
This page was last updated on 27 June 2011
