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Hi

 

We have just had tea and cake at work, home made by me. I bake quite a lot for work when people have a birthday or are leaving and I am always being told I could sell my cakes.

 

I have thought about this, but the whole food hygiene/kitchen certification seems really daunting. Does anyone have any experience of doing this?

 

Thanks

 

Flo

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I'm not sure if you are allowed to sell things made in a domestic kitchen, unless it has been brought up to profesional hygene standards, with seperate equipment to your normal kitchen stuff. :?

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I'm not sure if you are allowed to sell things made in a domestic kitchen, unless it has been brought up to profesional hygene standards, with seperate equipment to you're normal kitchen stuff. :?

 

I think you are right :? Even the work surfaces have to be of a certain type, I'm not even sure you can use the kitchen for family cooking aswell :?

 

Karen x

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I think it is very much down to your local environmental health officer. The one who visited out church last week was lovely - he wasn't worried about us preparing food at home and bringing it to church to share or even to feed the older ladies at the coffee morning, 'because it is providing a service to the community'. However, a friends church that comes under a different council has been told they must not prepare any food at home unless for their own, personal consumption! No more Age Concern cake stalls then :?:roll:

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I used to make cakes from home... I had to have my Food Hygiene Cert. (see comments above) and the Environmental Health man came to check my kitchen. He allowed a double bowl sink to count as two separate sinks, even though strictly speaking, he shouldn't have.

 

That was a few years ago now though, so it may all have changed.

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