Issue - items at meetings - FP964 Food Safety Service Plan 2020/21

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FP964 Food Safety Service Plan 2020/21

Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Cabinet (Item 112)

112 Food Safety Service Plan 2020/21 (Forward Plan Reference FP964) pdf icon PDF 88 KB

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 27 January 2020 on the Food Safety Service Plan for 2020/2021.

 

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee 27 January 2020

Decision:

The Food Safety Service Plan 2020/21 was approved and recommended to the Council to be adopted.

Minutes:

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 27 January 2020 on the Food Safety Service Plan for 2020/21 (Minute 51 refers).

 

(1)        The Decision Taken

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Food Safety Service Plan 2020/21 be approved and sent to the Council to be adopted.

 

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

 

It was a requirement of the Food Standards Agency (which had overall responsibility for the official control of food law enforcement in England) that each local authority draw up and implement a food safety service plan which was approved by Members.  It was expected that “non-inspection interventions” and educational initiatives be undertaken as well as routine hygiene inspections.

 

There were no changes in the proposed delivery of the service and there were about 300 inspections proposed for the coming year in order to reduce risk and keep the public safe.