Approved establishments in the UK
EU Member States' competent authorities must give approval to establishments handling, preparing or producing products of animal origin for which requirements are laid down in Regulation (EC) 853/2004. Member States are required to publish lists of these establishments under sixteen separate sections each corresponding to a different food sector.
These sections are set out below. Under each section you will find the lists of that type of establishment for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
| Section | Activity |
|---|---|
| SECTION 0 | General activity establishments* |
| SECTION I | Meat of domestic ungulates* |
| SECTION II | Meat from poultry and lagomorphs* |
| SECTION III | Meat of farmed game* |
| SECTION IV | Wild game meat* |
| SECTION V | Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically recovered meat* |
| SECTION VI | Meat products* |
| SECTION VII | Live bivalve molluscs |
| SECTION VIII | Fishery products |
| SECTION IX | Raw milk and dairy products |
| SECTION X | Eggs and egg products (not currently available) |
| SECTION XI | Frogs' legs and snails |
| SECTION XII | Rendered animal fats and greaves |
| SECTION XIII | Treated stomachs, bladders and intestines* |
| SECTION XIV | Gelatine |
| SECTION XV | Collagen |
* Please note that where an approval number is shown on one of these lists without a two-letter prefix, that establishment is approved by the Food Standards Agency's Operations Group rather than a local authority.
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Approval of meat plants
Under food hygiene legislation that came into effect on 1 January 2006, meat plants require approval unless they benefit from specific exemptions.
Approved milk and dairy establishments
Under food hygiene legislation that came into effect on 1 January 2006, food businesses handling milk and dairy products require approval.
Change of FBO: approval of establishments
Food businesses approved by the Food Standards Agency that change food business operator (FBO) after 31 January 2012 will need a new approval before they can undertake approvable activities. However, the new FBO can continue to operate under the existing approval for a short period of time, but not exceeding a maximum of four weeks after the change of FBO, until a new assessment is undertaken.
Fish and shellfish approval
Premises that handle or process fishery products and live bivalve molluscs must be approved under European Union Regulation 853/2004. Lists of approved premises are available.
