Food Safety

Food and Safety Team

The Commercial team in Environmental Health has the responsibility for enforcing food safety legislation in relation to some 900 food premises in the district.

Food premises range from large-scale meat product premises to newsagents and sweet shops.

The Food Safety Act 1990 seeks to ensure that food businesses produce and sell food and drink that is safe to eat and drink.

The Commercial team carries out its work by:

Routine food hygiene inspections
Food sampling
Investigating complaints relating to food and food premises
Investigation of infectious diseases including food related illnesses
Responding to food alerts and other food safety incidents notified by the Food Standards Agency
Giving advice to food businesses and the public
Promoting food safety

The file below (Enforcement Service Delivery Plan) details the activities to be carried out by the Food/Health & Safety Enforcement Services during 2009/10.

Files

Leics. Scores on Doors Protocol (62 KB)
Registration for a Food Business Establishment (21 KB)
Food Safety Enforcement Policy (217 KB)
Enforcement Service Delivery plan 2009/2010 (547 KB)
Approved Premises application (116 KB)
Approved Premises process (11 KB)

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Argents Mead
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 1BZ

Telephone : 01455 238141

Email : esadmin@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk

Last updated : 06/05/2010 15:06:22

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