Approved food establishments

Wholesale food businesses supplying food of animal origin require approval by the competent authority under Regulation 853/2004. 

List of approved food establishments

• Approved Establishments in England & Wales
• Approved Establishments in Northern Ireland
• Approved Establishments in Scotland
• Approved Establishments in the EU

Establishments approved by us

The following establishments require veterinary control and are approved by us:

• slaughterhouses
• cutting plants
• game handling establishments
• wholesale meat markets

Establishments approved by local authorities

Meat establishments

These are:

• cold stores that are re-wrapping and re-packaging meat
• minced meat establishments
• meat preparations establishments
• mechanically separated meat establishments
• meat products processing plants
• rendered animal fats and greaves processing plants
• treated stomachs, bladders and intestines processing plants 
• gelatine processing plants
• collagen processing plants

Fish and shellfish establishments

These are:

• live bivalve molluscs (LBMs) establishments including dispatch centres and purification centres
• establishments working with fishery products using factory and freezing vessels, processing plants, fresh fishery products, auction halls, wholesale markets

Animal produce establishments

These are establishments that produce:

• raw milk and dairy products
• eggs and egg products, including packing centres, processing plants, liquid egg plants