Get election ready

The UK General Election is on 4 July. 
Register to vote by 18 June.
If you need to vote by post, you must apply to do this by 5pm on 19 June.
You need valid photo ID to vote in person. If you don’t have valid ID, apply by 5pm on 26 June for a Voter Authority Certificate.  
Find out more about voting and elections in Southwark

Food safety and food standards enforcement

We monitor and enforce the laws on food safety and food standards by:

  • carrying out unannounced inspections
  • undertaken targeted projects
  • investigating complaints
  • test purchasing and sampling

Business advice

To find out what the law says on preparing and selling food and drink, including hygiene, composition, labelling and packing visit the Business Companion website.

Enforcement policy

We have regard to the Regulators' Compliance Code and endeavour to adopt a positive and proactive approach to ensure compliance.

You can view our general enforcement policy (PDF, 408kb), supplemented by our local food enforcement policy (PDF, 113kb)

Page last updated: 10 May 2022

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