Registration
When starting a new catering business it is very important to get things right from the start because it will make it much easier for you to run your business well in the future. Any business which prepares, sells or handles food must register with the Councils Environmental Health Department under Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on the Hygiene of Foodstuffs Article 6 (2).
For example:
- Retail shops including farm shops
- Restaurants, cafés, snack bars, takeaways, caterers
- Staff restaurants, canteens, kitchens
- Food manufacturers, processors, packers
- Hospitals, residential homes, schools
- Hotels, pubs, guest houses, bed and breakfast
- A private house used as a food business
- Food distributors, warehouses, importers, cash and carries
- Moveable businesses – e.g. ice cream vans, chip vans, market stalls, delivery vehicles
- Slaughterers
- Village/Church Hall
How can you register?
Registration is simple. Food business operators must submit the food application form at least 28 days before commencing food operations. There is no fee associated with registration.
Click on the following link to download a registration application form. This must be completed in full by the business operator and posted to the food team at the following address:
Environmental Health Department
Omagh District Council
Lisnamallard House
Old Mountfield Road
Omagh
BT79 7EG
Please do not hesitate to contact us on 028 82256202 if you require any further information on registration.
Click here to download the Food business registration form in PDF
Click here to register your business on-line
You must notify the department if any change
- of owner
- in the type of business
- of address at which moveable vehicles are kept
