Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 123180

Food: Inspections

Tabled: 24 March 2026

Answered: 7 April 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how food safety inspections are enforced in small businesses.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Food safety legislation, and the Food Law Code of Practice (England) (the Code) places a statutory duty on competent authorities to undertake official food controls that verify whether food businesses, including small and microbusinesses, comply with rele...

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