About this Site

Food is part of our everyday life. We need it to live, grow and stay healthy. We need food to give us energy to deal with what we need to do.

However, with today's busy lifestyle and the wide variety of foods on sale, it's difficult to find the information needed to make healthy choices and ensure that you get what you think you are paying for.

This site is designed to be a one stop shop for all your food information needs.

The County Council has a number of special responsibilities relating to food.

• Trading Standards protect the food chain from farm to fork by promoting and enforcing food and agriculture safety laws, and animal health and welfare standards. Consumer Advice | Business Advice

• Our Catering Services(HC3S) provide over 10 million meals per annum to schools, residential homes and staff restaurants.

• The Economic Development Office promotes local foods through Hampshire Fare and Farmers Markets.

• There is a Healthy Eating Campaign called Food - the choice is yours.

• Hampshire Scientific Service carries out around 80,000 tests each year to check the nutritional quality and bacteria levels of foods.

• We support the Healthy Schools initiative and the 5-a-day campaign to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables.

• The Council promotes a precautionary policy on use of Genetically Modified Foods.

Food Advice

• Leaflets - Consumer

• Leaflets - Business

• Food - The Choice is yours

• Healthy Eating

• Food Testing

• Hampshire Produced Food

• Genetically Modified Food

• Food Alerts

Agriculture and Animal Health

• Agriculture and Animal Health - Main page

• Agriculture - Leaflets

• Animal Health - Leaflets

• Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

• Feed Hygiene - Guidance on the Feed (Hygiene & Enforcement)(England) Regulatory 2005

• Agriculture and Animal Health - Useful Web Sites

• Information for Primary Producers
  (Food Standards Agency)

• Reducing Mycotoxins in cereals (Code of Practice)
  (Food Standards Agency)