Decision details

The Portfolio Holder approved the Service Plan 2021-22 for the Food Safety

Team.

The Portfolio Holder noted that the ability to achieve the proposed targets was

reliant on:

• The ability to maintain staffing levels
• The ability of recruit to vacant posts
• The availability of officers to work overtime
• The cost of agency staff if officers are unavailable on overtime

The Portfolio Holder approved the recommendations because the Council is the Food Safety Authority under the Food Safety Act 1990 and has a duty to enforce food safety, food standards and food requirements. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) requires the Council to publish an annual Food Safety Service Plan, and such plans require senior management or Member approval.

The report set out the ambitions within the Council’s annual Food Safety Plan; the objective of the plan is to satisfy the FSA that the intended inspection regime, ensures that food, in the Borough, is produced and sold under hygienic conditions, is without risk to health and is of the quality expected by consumers.