Issue - meetings

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 26 March 2018 on adoption of the Plan for the Borough as required by the Food Standards Agency.

(1)     The performance against the previous Food Safety Service Plan was noted.

(2)     The Food Safety Service Plan was agreed and recommended to be adopted by the Council.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 26 March 2018 on agreement of a Food Safety Service Plan for 2018/19 for Welwyn Hatfield which was a requirement of the Food Standards Agency.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the performance against the previous Food Safety Service Plan be noted and the draft plan for 2018/19, as set out in Appendix A to the report of the Corporate Director (Public Protection, Planning and Governance) to the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 26 March 2018, be approved and recommended to the Council for adoption.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The Food Standards Agency had overall responsibility for the official control of food law enforcement in England and one of their requirements was that all local authorities produced a food safety service plan which had been agreed by their Members.  The latest version had been agreed by the Environment and Overview Scrutiny Committee.