Food Safety Resource Materials

Please find the following food safety materials below:

• Posters
• General Forms
• Food Safety Laws
• Guidance Documents
• Special Events Information Package
• Links to Other Organizations

Food Safety Laws

• View Food Safety Laws & Legal Activities

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Guidance Documents

• Food Premises Reference Document (PDF)
• Safe Food Donation (PDF)
• Food Donation Supplemental Materials (PDF)

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Special Events Information Package

• Special Events Information Package (PDF) includes:
• Requirements for Special Events
• Handwashing Requirements for Special Events
• What to do in an Emergency
• Sample Special Event Food Inspection Form
• Key messages to be Special Events Ready (PDF)
• Notice of Intent for Organizers of Special Events / Markets form (PDF)
• Notice of Intent to Operate as a Special Event / Market Vendor form (PDF)

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Links to Other Organizations

More information from other organizations may be needed to help set up or run a food premises. For example, there may be building requirements for your food premises, or ways that you will need to package and label food products. Please contact the organizations below as needed.

City of London

• Service London Business (resource for starting a business)
• London Fire Department
• The City of London

Middlesex County Municipalities

• Municipality of Middlesex Centre
• Municipality of North Middlesex
• Municipality of Southwest Middlesex
• Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc
• Municipality of Thames Centre
• Township of Adelaide Metcalfe
• Township of Lucan Biddulph
• Village of Newbury

Provincial Government Organizations

• Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
• regulates the sale, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and Ministry of Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
• provincial statutes designed to minimize food safety risks
• dairy farms, dairy products and dairy processing plants
• the slaughter of animals and primary processing of meat
• fruit and vegetables, honey and maple products
• eggs and livestock
• edible oil products
• Foodland Ontario -  produce information
• Ontario Ministry of Health
• sets the public health standards to be followed province wide
• Public Health Ontario
• scientific and technical advice
• ServiceOntario
• register a business name or a limited partnership
• Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
• Inspect/audit trades people, contractors, plants, equipment and sites for compliance with codes and regulations and monitor developing safety related trends or issues. e.g. Mobile Food Premises have fuel inspection requirements.

Federal Government Organizations

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• federal legislation related to food inspections and animal and plant health
• Food labelling for industry
• Food labelling for consumers
• Food licences
• Safe Food Handling
• Health Canada
• federally applicable food safety information
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• food recalls, risks and outbreaks
• Small Business Services (SBS)
• part of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) that helps Ontario entrepreneurs access government business information and services.
• SBC Ontario Locations

Other Organizations that provide Food Safety Information

• BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) for policy advice, research and guidance documents
• Donairs, Shawarmas and Similar Products
• Fermented Foods
• Kombucha Tea
• Sous vide cooking
• CDC.gov is an online source for credible health information and is the official Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Environmental Health Foundation of Canada
• Farmers' Market Ontario
• National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) for evidence-based guidance documents and reviews
• Ontario Branch of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors

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