Food Safety Management for Hospitality (printed)

The Food Safety Management for Hospitality (FSMH) series from Caterers Choice Food Safety has been designed by Environmental Health Practitioners as a comprehensive tool to help hospitality businesses meet UK legal requirements. It contains all the paperwork your business will need to comply with UK food safety legislation. It has been adapted from UK Food Standards Agency guidance advocating simplified food safety management based on HACCP principles. The suggested safe methods are in line with guidance provided by the UK Hospitality Industry Guide to Good Hygiene Practice - Catering Guide. 

The 2025 update makes it easy for businesses to meet staff training requirements with our integrated safe methods and training records. Our new hybrid design, combining PDF downloads with printed books, makes our product great value too! Hospitality businesses can get a food safety management system written by an Environmental Health practitioner for a fraction of the price they would normally pay!

***In addition to printed books, each buyer will receive a PDF copy of FSMH by email, meaning they are not tied to further purchases or subscriptions***

FSMH has a unique design that allows hospitality businesses to manage food safety efficiently. Each system is tailored to a type of hospitality business, providing a better fit than generic systems. Businesses can choose from our versions for Restaurants & Pubs; Cafes & Coffee Shops; Takeaways & Fast Food; B&B Hotels; and Mobile Caterers. Providing an unrivalled level of organisation, it is separated into three sets of documents:

• The Safe Methods Manual (Printed book and PDF)
• The Food Hygiene Diary (Printed book and PDF)
• The Office File (PDF only)

The Safe Methods Manual explains how the system works, detailing what each document is used for and where it is stored. It is also an interactive HACCP assessment for the business, meeting the UK legal requirement for a food safety management system based on HACCP principles. Each safe method follows the same simplified HACCP template:

• Firstly, the risks to food safety are identified within typical businesses.
• Safe methods of controlling these risks are presented, with the opportunity for businesses to endorse these methods or detail their own.
• It then explains what should be done to ensure food safety when something goes wrong.
• Finally, the manual explains how this is all documented within the system.

In addition to the HACCP assessment, the Safe Methods manual also serves as a training resource, integrated with the staff training records provided.

The Food Hygiene Diary contains the checks that hospitality businesses regularly complete during service, whilst preparing food. The 4-week diary format makes it easy for staff to remember the checks they need to complete each day, and for managers to ensure nothing is missed or lost. Businesses can choose how many printed diaries to order with their initial purchase of FSMH. Further diaries can be purchased as printed books or printed from the PDF supplied. Users of FSMH will typically find forms for the following checks in each diary, although as they are tailored to business type, there will be some variations between versions:

• Opening & Closing
• Fridge & Freezer Temperatures
• Deliveries
• Cleaning Schedule
• Food Temperature Checks
• Waste Record
• Probe Calibration
• Shift Handover Notes
• Breakfast Counter Controls (B&B Hotels only)
• Outgoing Delivery Checks (Takeaways & Fast Food only)

The Office File documents the less frequent controls that are not used continually during service. Supplied as a PDF file (via email when the order is processed), businesses can print these documents as required without further purchases. These are documents that can be stored out of the way in a ring binder until your local authority EHO visits. Users of FSMH will find the following forms in the Office File:

• Training Record - integrated with the safe methods.
• Approved Suppliers List
• Maintenance Log
• Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Assessment
• Allergen Chart
• Medical Questionnaire
• Pest Control - which can be used as an alternative to contracting a pest control company
• Incident Form
• Senior Management Monthly Audit
• CCFS Audits - a tracker for those who take up the option of food safety audits provided by us

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FSMH is also available as PDF download without printed books. View here.