A High Court judgement established that premises that have changed food business operator (FBO) since January 2006, and those that do so in future, require a new approval in order to operate.
The ruling applies to all approved establishments, such as slaughterhouses, fish processing establishments and game handling establishments, whether or not the nature of their business has changed.
To allow time for interested parties to adjust to the ruling, the FSA plans to implement changes to its approval process from 31 January 2012.
In the meantime, the FSA will be contacting establishments, for which it has responsibility and that have changed FBO since 2006, to make arrangements for new approval applications and after January 2012, reassessment. The FSA has written to other relevant enforcement authorities throughout the UK to advise them of the action it’s taking.
The agency is advising businesses, for which it has responsibility and that have changed food business operator since 2006 without being re-approved, that they may continue to operate until the required approval visit and use their existing approval number after a successful reassessment.
Changes to ownership after 31 January 2012 may, however, require a new approval number unless business activities remain substantially the same.
Source: FSA
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