APPROVAL PROCESS FLOWCHART

Initial contact with food business operator (FBO) / receipt of

application form. Discuss / confirm activities proposed.*

Inspection & assessment of establishment.

Does establishment comply with all the NO

YES relevant requirements of food law?

Does establishment
YES meet all the
Grant full approval.
infrastructure and
Notify FBO and
equipment
Agency. Consider whether conditional approval requirements?
appropriate.

NO
Revisit (within 3 months of YES
granting conditional approval).
Does the establishment now
meet all the relevant Grant conditional approval.
requirements of food law? Notify FBO and Agency.

NO

YES No, but clear Prolong conditional approval.

progress has (Conditional approval shall not
been made. exceed a total of 6 months)

Further revisit (within 6 months

of initial grant of conditional
approval).

Does the establishment now

meet all the relevant Notify FBO of refusal
requirements of food law? to grant full approval
Grant full approval.
(and Agency if
Notify applicant and
conditional approval
Agency. YES NO had been granted).

*If application relates to a live bivalve mollusc purification centre, copy application to the
Agency for CEFAS consultation.