Accessibility statement
safefood recognises the importance of ensuring that our site is accessible to everyone and is committed to achieving a minimum of conformance level Double A with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
safefood is constantly working towards improving accessibility. The site has been designed to comply with usability guidelines, and is currently under review to ensure that our compliance has kept pace with technological developments and new additions since the initial accessibility audit.
If you encounter any difficulties in using this site, please let us know by e-mailing webeditor@safefood.eu
Functionality
Some of the tools included in the site to help users are:
Document formats
Most of the publications/reports on this website are available in both PDF and HTML format for easier reading and printing offline. We are currently working through our archives to bring all documentation up to date and if you are unable to access/read/understand any of documents, please let us know by e-mailing webeditor@safefood.eu.
To access the PDF documents you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download free from here
Navigation aids
- A breadcrumb trail is available at the top of each page to assist in navigation.
- All pages include a search box.
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes.
Resizing text
The following options are available:
- Internet Explorer: View > Text size > Largest
- Firefox: View > Text size > Increase
- Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels)
Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse while holding down the control key.
Future strategy
safefood will ensure that all new content published to the website will be fully accessible. We will aim to ensure more user-friendly content is available and continue converting older publications to HTML.
We will carry out regular accessibility reviews and address any issues arising. As part of this process, we welcome all comments, suggestions and details of problems encountered by users. Should you experience any difficulty in using this website, please contact us at webeditor@safefood.eu.