Food Safety Guidance for Sellers

This is general guidance. It does not replace the law or the instructions of your local food authority, and HomiMade does not inspect kitchens.

Food can be sold on HomiMade only in countries where HomiMade's food rules are in force (today the United Arab Emirates and Singapore), and only after the documents your area requires have passed.

1. Follow your local authority

• United Arab Emirates: a trade licence alone is not enough. Abu Dhabi: approval of your kitchen by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) and the Essential Food Safety Training certificate. Dubai: a Dubai Municipality food permit and a food handler certificate. Other emirates: your municipality's approval.
• Singapore: follow the Singapore Food Agency rules for home-based food businesses and the HDB or URA home-based business rules. No sales to licensed food retailers, no catering, and no raw seafood for raw consumption.

2. Allergens: always yours to declare

• Answer every allergen on your area's list for every product: contains, may contain, or free from. HomiMade never fills these in for you.
• If you change a recipe, unpublish the product, update the allergens, then publish it again.

3. Product information

• Ingredients, portion or weight, storage, use-by and heating instructions are required for food.
• Write them truthfully and in the language your area requires (for example Arabic in the United Arab Emirates).
• No health or medical claims.

4. Good practice

• Keep raw and ready-to-eat foods apart; wash hands and surfaces; cook and cool foods properly.
• Keep cold foods cold during storage and delivery; tell buyers how to store and heat the food.
• Use clean, food-grade packaging and label each package with the product name, ingredients, allergens and use-by date.
• Do not prepare or sell food when you or someone preparing it is ill.

5. If a buyer reports feeling ill

Buyers can report feeling ill after an order. The product is paused at once while HomiMade looks at the report, and the case is passed to the food authority when needed. Cooperate fully with the authority.