Scottish Food Crime Hotline

The Scottish Food Crime Hotline (0800 028 7926) has been set up by Food Standards Scotland in partnership with Crimestoppers to enable both consumers and industry personnel to report any criminal or suspicious practice relating to the production or supply of food or drink in Scotland.

The Hotline allows those with information on criminal or suspicious activity to anonymously report their concerns in the knowledge that this information will be dealt with.

Being alert to food crime means we can help protect ourselves, our families and the food and drink industry in Scotland. Contact us anonymously on 0800 028 7926 or use the form below if you have any information or suspicions about any potential food-related crime. Find out more about the different types of food crime here.

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At the bottom of this form you can opt-in to enable us to keep in contact with you, whilst you remain completely anonymous. This enables us to ask further questions about the information you have provided. Your information could be vital, and may make a real difference.

Logging back in is easy, just use the Keep in Contact Login button at the top of this page, or any page on the Crimestoppers website.

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Please confirm

I confirm that this form is not being used to report something that needs urgent police attention.

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Which business or person are you giving information about?

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If you are reporting a food business, do you currently work at or have you recently worked at the food business?

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What is the crime or incident you want to report?

Please report all non-food crime information, such as poor-quality food (overcooked, undercooked, cold, etc…); concerns with the hygiene or lack of allergen information provided by a food business to the Local Authority Environmental Health office where the business is located. Where issues with non-delivery of meals/takeaways have not been resolved with the business/delivery company, these should be reported to the Trading Standards office where the business is located.

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Fully describe the circumstances including when it happened (times and dates), where it happened and whether it is a 'one-off' or regular occurrence.

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How do you know the circumstances have been occurring? Did you witness it, did someone tell you, did you overhear it? If so, where did you hear it? Who else knows about it?

Give details of the person/persons involved including name, nickname, ethnicity, age, phone number, email address, home address and usual place of work. If relevant, what’s their role within the food business? Do they have a social media presence and/or operate an online marketplace, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, web pages, etc? If so, what are the details?

Do they use a car or other vehicle during the course of their activity? Please give as much detail as possible, such as licence plate number, make and model, colour etc.

Are there any other people involved, or any witnesses and who are they?

What records are available that may confirm the allegation (emails, paper records), or what records have been tampered with to conceal the wrongdoing?

If the circumstances relate to corruption, please provide a full explanation including bribes offered, nature of any acceptance of favour to benefit individual and any exchanges made.

Is there anything else that will support an investigator to take positive action in respect of this allegation?

Please provide as much information as possible. You don't need evidence to report your suspicions, we have a dedicated team who are trained to research the information and consider what action should be taken.

Can we keep in touch? Would you be willing to provide your details to allow a member of the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) team to contact you directly? FSS has highly-trained and dedicated staff who regularly deal with information provided by members of the public. Your personal details will not be shared with anyone else, and your information will be dealt with in a secure and confidential manner. If not, you will remain totally anonymous.

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