Mobile Food Businesses

If your business is registered as a mobile food business with your local council, you should read ‘A Guide to Hygiene and Safety Standards for Mobile Food Businesses’. This guidance explains how to meet your Health & Safety obligations. This is available as a downlaod below.

Due to the nature of your business as a mobile trader you will be subject to regular food hygiene and/or food standards inspections by other Environmental Health Departments when trading in their Council area.  

If breaches of food hygiene laws are found, those councils will inform your registering (home) council, which may then review your Food Hygiene Rating.

In cases of serious food safety breaches, such as:

• No handwashing facilities
• Poor temperature control
• Inadequate allergen management
• The inspecting council may issue legal notices requiring your business to close immediately while trading.

Need Help?

If you have any questions about your legal responsibilities as a mobile caterer or food stall operator, please contact the Food Safety Team:

Telephone: 0330 137 4024

Email: [email protected]