Fancy selling some homebaking at this year’s Bungo In The Back Lanes? Rustling up some smoothies in your garden? Dishing out sandwiches to all and sundry?

If you are planning to prepare or serve food to the public at the event, then you should contact Environmental Health at Glasgow City Council on 0141 287 6688 or email : foodsafety@glasgow.gov.uk to discuss the matter further. They can provide advice on what you would need to do meet legal requirements to ensure you are providing safe food.

Arrange a meeting, have a chat about what you’re planning and get advice on food hygiene and safety. I went through the process in order to sell some veggie food from my back garden and it was quick, painless and informative.

The food safety team are aware there may be a few calls from Strathbungo this month. I met with :

Alison Lochrin
Technical Officer(Food Safety)
Business Regulation
Environmental Health and Trading Standards
Land and Environmental Services
231 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RX

Telephone:0141 287 7990  Mobile: 07825780159

Email : alison.lochrin@glasgow.gov.uk

Before your meeting, it makes sense to brush up on food safety and hygiene information. Most of it’s common sense and much of the information is geared at caterers or restaurants but I found the information here useful.

Alison also gave me some leaflets that are not available online which I’m happy to lend to anyone who’d like advice. Don’t let the extra bureaucracy this year put you off getting involved. Including this post, I’ve probably had to spend just 45 minutes getting genned up, arranging the meeting and showing Alison my plans. Plus, my kitchen has benefited from a bit of a tidy and a good spring clean!

Your documented food safety management procedures should be reviewed prior to this event to ensure everything is up to date. This system needs to be made available for Officers as spot checks may be carried out on the day. You will also find information provided by the Food Standards Agency at www.foodstandards.gov.uk