Hospitality glossary · Compliance and safety
PPDS stands for prepacked for direct sale: food packaged on the same premises it is sold from, before the customer orders it, which must carry a full ingredients list with allergens emphasised.
In practice
Definitions are easy. What matters is how the thing behaves in a real operation, and where it tends to go wrong.
The requirement came in with Natasha's Law in October 2021 and covers the name of the food plus a complete ingredients list, with the fourteen regulated allergens emphasised in the list itself, usually in bold. The test is whether the food was packaged before being ordered and is sold at the same site: a sandwich made this morning and put in the chiller needs a label, while the same sandwich made to order at the counter does not.
Assuming it only applies to a retail-style grab-and-go fridge. Wrapped cakes on a counter, pre-portioned salads, bottled cocktails and pre-boxed lunches for an event all land in scope, and enforcement sits with environmental health, who will look at this alongside your food hygiene rating.
Questions
Something here that doesn’t match what you’re seeing in your own business? That is usually worth a conversation rather than another article.
PPDS stands for prepacked for direct sale: food packaged on the same premises it is sold from, before the customer orders it, which must carry a full ingredients list with allergens emphasised. The requirement came in with Natasha's Law in October 2021 and covers the name of the food plus a complete ingredients list, with the fourteen regulated allergens emphasised in the list itself, usually in bold. The test is whether the food was packaged before being ordered and is sold at the same site: a sandwich made this morning and put in the chiller needs a label, while the same sandwich made to order at the counter does not.
Assuming it only applies to a retail-style grab-and-go fridge. Wrapped cakes on a counter, pre-portioned salads, bottled cocktails and pre-boxed lunches for an event all land in scope, and enforcement sits with environmental health, who will look at this alongside your food hygiene rating.
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