Consumer advice

Official consumer advice to protect you from food safety risks and promote healthy eating, helping you to make informed choices on what to eat

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Get the facts about food

Food Standards Scotland is committed to making sure you have the right information to know your food is safe and properly labelled. Our food safety advice is always informed by trusted scientific evidence.

Healthy eating

We know that it’s not always easy to choose healthier options, so we have tools to help in ways that suit you. Our Eat Well, Your Way resource helps you take small manageable steps to eat healthier.

Let’s start healthy eating
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Food safety

There are many ways to improve food safety in your kitchen or when eating out. Our official food safety advice and tips include helping you reduce the risk of food poisoning, understand food allergies, and make informed choices.

Food safety tips
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Food labelling

Food safety starts with knowing what you’re eating is what it says it is on the packaging. Find information on nutrition labels, use-by and best-before dates and allergen labels.

Learn about food labelling
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