Business Support
A Place To Grow
The support available through The Food WorksSW and The Food & Drink Forum team ensures food and drink businesses are making a safe product in an efficient way.
It is essential that food and drink businesses stay up-to-date with regulations, whether starting up from home or within production facilities.
We appreciate the need to for an environment for food businesses to meet and develop relationships. Drawing together the best of the food manufacturing industry, vibrant artisan producers and business working along food supply-chains, we provide a network arena second to none. Our events are attended by talented, driven individuals and companies looking for opportunities to exchange best practice and collaborate to move their business forward.
HACCP Process
Certification Preparation
Product Labelling
NPD Support
Technical Manager
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SALSA (Safe and Local Supplier Approval Scheme) is a robust and effective food safety certification scheme which is appropriate for smaller food producers and processors. Approved suppliers can demonstrate that they operate to standards that are recognised and accepted across the industry, and exceed the minimum standards expected by enforcement authorities. The Technical Team can help you to implement the processes and quality systems within your business in order to achieve SALSA certification. Our Technical Managers are SALSA scheme Auditors and Mentors.
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BRCGS (British Retail Consortium Global Standard) is the UK GSFI Standard for Food Safety and is a requirement to supply many large customers (including for exporting).
The Technical Team can help you to implement the quality systems within your business in order to achieve BRC certification including; Food Safety, Storage and Distribution, Packaging, Agents and Brokers.
These is no 'one-size-fits-all' for successful implementation and maintenance of these standards and so a bespoke plan will be developed based on your business needs.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) is a systematic approach to food safety; considering and risk assessing biological, chemical and physical allergen hazards in your production processes and Food Safety Management System.
It is a legal requirement for food and drink manufacturers in the UK to have a HACCP system in place. The Technical Team can help you to identify the hazards within your production process, set critical limits and will assist with the development of your HACCP manual and systems, and can ensure the formats that customers and enforcements offices would expect to see.
“With their knowledge of the industry’s funding landscape, FoodWorks has helped me get a match-funded government grant to buy a vital piece of equipment, and they’ve also advised on SALSA accreditation, the next step if I’m to partner with larger retailers.”