Issue - meetings

In 2016 the Social Committee adopted the Environmental Health Service Plans for Health and Safety.  This report details monitoring information on action taken in 2016-2017 and the Committee is asked to consider new targets for 2017-2018.

The Committee:

(1)          Adopted the service plan for food safety subject to the correction of a minor typographical error in paragraph 6.1 to read “broadly compliant”

(2)          Adopted the intervention plan for health and safety

(3)          Agreed to receive revised food and health and safety plans for 2018-19 at the meeting of the Environment Committee in June 2018.

A report was presented to the Committee containing monitoring information on action taken in 2016/17 and which proposed new targets for 2017/18.

The report reminded members that the Food Standards Agency and Health and Safety Executive monitored the effectiveness of the Authority’s action in relation its duties in respect of food hygiene and health and safety and that best practice was to establish transparent plans for the deployment of resources in these areas.

Accordingly, the Committee:

(1)          Adopted the service plan for food safety subject to the correction of a minor typographical error in paragraph 6.1 to read “broadly compliant”

(2)          Adopted the intervention plan for health and safety

(3)          Agreed to receive revised food and health and safety plans for 2018-19 at the meeting of the Environment Committee in June 2018.