Food Standards

Food Standards relates to the quality, composition, labelling, presentation and advertising of all food and of materials or articles in contact with food. There is vast amounts of legislation which covers these matters and helps to ensure that you as the consumer are not mislead.

The Food and Environmental Safety Service carries out routine food standards inspections of all food businesses within Wolverhampton and responds to complaints relating to such matters.

To make an enquiry or complaint please complete the attached form.

Use by dates
	Use by date - its meaning and application

Best before dates
	Best before date - its meaning and application

Sell by date and display until dates
	What 'sell by' dates and 'display until' terms actually mean.

Unlabelled foods
	Examples of foods that do not require a date mark.

Food date codes - Information leaflet
	Download an Information leaflet relating to food date codes

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