Issue - meetings

This report contains monitoring information on action taken in 2017-2018 against the Health and Safety and Food Safety Plans and proposes new targets for 2018-2019.

The Committee:

(1)          Adopted the service plan for food safety;

(2)          Adopted the intervention plan for health and safety;

(3)          Agreed to receive revised food and health and safety plans for 2019-20 at its meeting in the summer of 2019.

A report was presented to the Committee containing monitoring information on action taken in 2017/18 and which proposed new targets for 2018/19.

It was noted that the number of establishments awaiting food hygiene inspection month on month (September 2017 to May 2018) had gone up.  The Committee was assured that this was a factor of business turnover and not a result of a lack of inspection.  Year on year, the service focussed on addressing the lowest performing premises.  A successful project this year, designed to address persistently poorly performing premises had seen a 100% success rate. These businesses had been offered free, intensive coaching sessions instead of formal enforcement and every business that had taken this up had improved their food hygiene rating.

Accordingly, the Committee:

(1)          Adopted the service plan for food safety;

(2)          Adopted the intervention plan for health and safety;

(3)          Agreed to receive revised food and health and safety plans for 2019-20 at its meeting in the summer of 2019.