Thinking of setting up your own food business?
Newport City Council will be offering free food hygiene training at Level 2 to new food businesses registering within the NCC area from the 31 October 2023 up until September 2024.
These training sessions are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and will run from 9.30am-5pm. They will be on offer for one person per business and each course date has 15 spaces available. There will be an examination at the end of the session.
The training courses will take place at either Newport Civic Centre or Ringland Community Centre.
As well as the Level 2 Foundation Food Safety course, an extra half an hour advice visit will also be available before their initial food inspection in order to provide a free Safer Food Better Business pack and probe thermometer. This will include advice on layouts and any other additional queries.
There will also be a Level 3 Intermediate Food Safety course running from April 2024 which will take place over three days, also on offer for one person per business.
The course details are as follows:
Level 2 Foundation Food Safety
- Thursday 29 February - Hendre Hall, Ringland Community Centre
- Wednesday 20 March - Committee Room 1, Civic Centre
- Monday 22 April - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
- Monday 20 May - Committee Room 5, Civic Centre
- Monday 24 June - Committee Room 1, Civic Centre
- Monday 29 July - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
- Monday 26 August - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
- Monday 30 September - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
Level 3 Intermediate Food Safety
- 17,18,19 April - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
- 17,18,19 July - Committee Room 2, Civic Centre
- 2, 3, 4 September - Committee Room 3, Civic Centre
Please email [email protected] for more information.
Funding for the courses comes from the UK government's Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025.
The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
The Food Standards Agency also has information on starting a food business.
You will need to understand:
If you own or have taken over a food business in Newport, you must register your business with the council at least 28 days before opening or taking ownership.
This includes restaurants, cafes, shops, delivery vehicles, hot-dog and ice-cream vans, and market and other stall
Apply to register a food business online
Or download the food premises registration form (pdf)
If you have a mobile food business and you intend to trade on the public highway in Newport you will need to apply for a street trading consent.
If you intend to sell hot food after 11pm, sell alcohol or provide regulated entertainment you will need to apply for a licence
You may also need to apply for approval of your food premises if you intend to use unprocessed products of animal origin (e.g. fresh meat, raw minced meat, raw milk or eggs).