Accommodation

Food Standards Agency guidance on cleaning effectively in your business. 

The checklist provided is designed as a practical tool to help implement and continuously improve practical action to prevent and mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in workers’ accommodation provided by your business. Please adjust it based on your unique business needs.

V02 Updated June 2021 to reflect changes in best practice and government guidance. 

Please note changes do not yet reflect impact of 19th July changes in the UK. 

This advice discusses the key Covid-19 issues relating to workers living in accommodation managed by your organisation and considers how some of the risks could be addressed. It provides an overview of all the templates provided in this section as well as listing government best practice and links to resources, best practice and a checklist for business. 

V02 Updated June 2021 to reflect changes in best practice and government guidance. 

Please note changes do not yet reflect impact of 19th July changes in the UK. 

All processes should be aligned with good international industry practice (GIIP), drawing on the guidance of the World Health Organization (WHO) which published a specific overarching document related to accommodation and food service activities. Please note that the guidance has been written for the tourism sector however a number of principles may be of use for worker accommodation, e.g. cleaning protocols.

The UK Government have issued guidance for Landlords and Tenants. Pages 17-30 may be of use to those workers in your accommodation and to your business as an accommodation provider.