Free Food Safety Resources
Practical, printable posters for busy food teams. Download the signs that fit your kitchen, display them where staff need them and use them in team briefings. No sign-up required.
Choose signs that match how your site actually separates food, equipment and work areas. Where a poster refers to cleaning products or shared facilities, use it alongside your site’s food safety procedures.
Posters
1. Access to Authorised Personnel Only Poster
Help visitors recognise where the food preparation area begins. Put this sign at eye level on the door into the kitchen or preparation area, where people will see it before entering. If there is more than one entrance, display a copy at each one.
Download the Access to Authorised Personnel Only Poster
2. Sink for Handwashing Only Poster
Make it immediately clear which basin is reserved for handwashing. Display this landscape A4 sign beside the designated handwashing basin, where staff can see it while working.
Download the Food Safety Handwashing Sink Poster
3. Now Wash Your Hands, Please Poster
A short reminder for staff to wash and dry their hands after using the toilet. Display this A4 poster where staff will see it before leaving the toilet area.
Download the Now Wash Your Hands Poster
4. Handwashing: Clean Hands, Safe Food Poster
Show staff the handwashing steps and remind them when to wash their hands during food preparation. Display this A4 poster beside a designated handwashing basin and use it when briefing new starters.
Download the Food Safety Handwashing Poster
5. Food Allergies & Intolerances Poster
Encourage customers to tell your team about a food allergy, intolerance or coeliac disease before ordering. Display the notice where customers choose or order food, such as at the counter or beside the menu.
Download the Food Allergies and Intolerances Poster
Use this notice alongside accurate, up-to-date allergen information and clear procedures for staff responding to customer enquiries.
6. Suspected Anaphylaxis: Emergency Steps Poster
Give staff a visible reminder of the immediate steps to take if someone may be experiencing anaphylaxis. The poster includes space for your business address, postcode and access details to give to the ambulance service.
Complete those details before displaying it. Put the poster somewhere staff can find it quickly, and make sure they know your emergency procedures.
Download the Suspected Anaphylaxis Emergency Steps Poster
7. Clean as You Go: Work Surfaces Poster
A reminder to clear, clean and disinfect work surfaces during preparation or service. This poster is for a surface dedicated either to ready-to-eat food or to raw or unwashed food. Display it near the relevant work area.
Complete its “What to use” box for that surface using your site’s cleaning schedule and product instructions. Use a separate copy where products or instructions differ.
Download the Clean as You Go Work Surfaces Poster
8. Work Surface Disinfection Poster
Show staff the steps for a thorough clean and disinfection, including when changing a shared work surface from raw or unwashed food preparation to ready-to-eat food preparation. Display it near the work area where the procedure is carried out.
Complete its product details using your site’s cleaning schedule, including dilution, contact time and whether rinsing is required.
Download the Clean and Disinfect Work Surfaces Poster
9. Do Not Use: Food for Return or Disposal Poster
Clearly identify the area for food that must not be prepared, served or sold. Display this sign where staff place food awaiting return or disposal, and keep those items separate from food available for use.
Download the Do Not Use Food for Return or Disposal Poster
10. Colour-Coded Equipment Poster
Help staff choose the correct chopping board and knife for each task. Display the guide near your food preparation equipment, particularly where new or temporary staff can refer to it.
Check that the colours shown match the system used at your site before displaying it.
Download the Colour-Coded Equipment Poster
11. Ready-to-Eat Food Area Poster
Identify an area designated for preparing ready-to-eat food, such as salads, sandwiches or cooked food that will not receive further cooking. Display the sign at the entrance to or within that area so staff can recognise the boundary.
Keep raw and unwashed food out of the designated area and follow your site’s rules for staff, surfaces and equipment.
Download the Ready-to-Eat Food Area Poster (PDF)
12. Raw or Unwashed Food Area Poster
Identify an area designated for preparing raw or unwashed food. Put the sign where staff enter or work in that area to reinforce that ready-to-eat food must not be stored, handled or prepared there.
Use this sign only where your site has designated a separate raw or unwashed food area.
Download the Raw or Unwashed Food Area Poster (PDF)
13. Shared Preparation Area Poster
Remind staff that a shared area must be cleaned and disinfected when changing from raw or unwashed food preparation to ready-to-eat food preparation. Display the sign where that changeover takes place.
Use it only where sharing the area at different times is covered by your site’s food safety procedures. Staff should know the approved cleaning method and which equipment to use.
Download the Shared Preparation Area Poster (PDF)
14. Sink for Equipment Only Poster
Label a sink designated for washing equipment. Display this sign directly above or beside the sink so staff can see that it must not be used for washing hands or food.
Download the Sink for Equipment Only Poster (PDF)
15. Shared Food Preparation Sink Poster
Identify a food sink used at different times for raw or unwashed food and ready-to-eat food. Display the sign directly beside the sink to remind staff to clean and disinfect the sink, taps and fittings between uses and to keep food from direct contact with the sink.
Use this sign only where the shared arrangement and cleaning method are covered by your site’s food safety procedures. This sink is not for handwashing or equipment.
Download the Shared Food Preparation Sink Poster (PDF)
16. Sink for Raw or Unwashed Food Only Poster
Label a sink designated for raw or unwashed food, such as unwashed salad, fruit or vegetables. Display it beside the sink so staff can distinguish it from sinks used for ready-to-eat food, handwashing or equipment.
Food that will eventually be eaten without cooking is still unwashed food until it has been washed. Do not use this sign to suggest washing raw meat or poultry.
Download the Raw or Unwashed Food Sink Poster (PDF)
17. Sink for Ready-to-Eat Food Only Poster
Label a sink designated for food that is already ready to eat. For example, some kitchens may use one to rinse cooked rice or pasta where their preparation method calls for it.
Display the sign beside the designated sink. Do not use that sink for raw or unwashed food, handwashing or equipment. If your kitchen has no such sink or task, you do not need to display this poster.
Download the Ready-to-Eat Food Sink Poster (PDF)
18. Equipment for Raw or Unwashed Food Only Poster
Identify equipment reserved for raw or unwashed food so it is not used for ready-to-eat food. Display the sign where that equipment is stored or used, and check that staff know exactly which items it covers.
Download the Raw or Unwashed Food Equipment Poster (PDF)
19. Equipment for Ready-to-Eat Food Only Poster
Identify equipment reserved for ready-to-eat food and help prevent it being used for raw or unwashed food. Display this sign near the equipment or its storage area, alongside your site’s equipment identification system.
Download the Ready-to-Eat Food Equipment Poster (PDF)
20. Fridge for Raw or Unwashed Food Only Poster
Label a fridge designated for raw or unwashed food. Put the sign on the fridge door where it is visible before staff open it, and make sure it matches your site’s storage plan.
Do not store ready-to-eat food in a fridge designated solely for raw or unwashed food.
Download the Raw or Unwashed Food Fridge Poster (PDF)
21. Fridge for Ready-to-Eat Food Only Poster
Label a fridge designated for ready-to-eat food. Display the sign on the fridge door to help staff place deliveries and prepared food in the correct fridge.
Do not store raw or unwashed food in a fridge designated solely for ready-to-eat food.
Download the Ready-to-Eat Food Fridge Poster (PDF)
22. Fridge and Freezer Layout Poster
A visual prompt for separating raw and ready-to-eat food when a fridge or freezer holds different food types. Display it near the appliance so staff can check where items belong when putting food away.
Check the diagram against your actual appliance, shelving and food safety procedures before displaying it. Raw food must not be stored where it can drip onto ready-to-eat food.
Download the Fridge and Freezer Layout Poster (PDF)
23. Chest Freezer Layout Poster
Help staff recognise the separate sections used for raw and ready-to-eat food in a shared chest freezer. Display the poster on or near the freezer and use clear labels or dividers that match your site’s storage plan.
Check that the diagram reflects how your freezer is organised before putting it up.
Download the Chest Freezer Layout Poster (PDF)
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Health & Safety Posters
1. Fire Action Poster
Help staff and visitors understand what to do if they discover a fire or hear the fire alarm. This printable A4 poster includes spaces for your site’s alarm instructions and assembly point.
Complete the blank fields and check the instructions match your site’s evacuation plan before displaying it. Place copies near fire alarm call points and in prominent staff areas.
Download the Fire Action Poster (PDF)
2. Gas Leak Action Poster
A printable A4 reminder of what to do if staff smell gas or suspect a leak, including avoiding ignition sources, moving to safety and contacting the gas emergency service.
Complete the emergency contact number and assembly point before displaying it. Check the instructions match your site’s gas supply and emergency procedures.
Download the Gas Leak Action Poster (PDF)
3. First Aid Information Poster
Make your workplace first aid arrangements easy to find. This green-and-white A4 poster includes spaces for trained first aiders, appointed persons, first aid kit locations and your site address.
Complete the details, display it where staff can easily see it and update it whenever your arrangements change.
Download the First Aid Information Poster (PDF)
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We’re creating more straightforward resources to help food teams put good practice into action. Check back for posters and guides on allergens, cross-contamination, cleaning and staff hygiene.
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