legal notices and penalties

• hygiene improvement notice: requires the food business operator to take particular action in order to comply with the law.
• hygiene improvement notice: states what is wrong and why, what needs to be done to put it right and a timescale for completion (not less than 14 days).
• Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice: served where there is an imminent risk of injury to health because of the conditions of the premises or an activity being carried out there.
• Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice: can stop a business from using the entire premises, part of premises or specific equipment or process.
• Prohibition order: can be used to stop someone from running a food business, if that person has been found to have breached food safety legislation