To obtain further information or express any concerns contact the
Food, Licensing
and Safety Team
The Food, Licensing and Safety Team strive to ensure that
food that is produced, sold or eaten in Forest Heath is safe to
eat.
This is achieved by carrying out regular food hygiene
interventions , on food premises to ensure the public is
protected and that high standards are maintained. Visits to
premises are carried out, as far as possible, without prior
notification and are priority programmed according to the degree of
potential risk. This ensures that higher risk premises are visited
more frequently than those in lower risk categories.
During an inspection, Officers will want to reassure themselves
that potential food safety risks have been identified by the
business and that there are adequate controls in place to prevent
any problems. They will also look at the training of managers and
food handlers to ensure that it is suitable, and they will check
that the condition of the premises and equipment is
satisfactory.
Where practices or conditions are not satisfactory, every attempt
will be made to resolve the situation by informal means, but where
poor conditions persist, or where there is a risk to public health
it may be necessary to resort to formal action. This could involve
either the service or legal notice, prosecution, or in extreme
cases closure of the business.
The priority programmed risk rating and all inspection work is
undertaken in accordance with the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Food
Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006. See the
Approved Codes of Practice for further information.
The food safety enforcement function of the Food, Licensing
and Safety Safety Team also involves investigating food
complaints, investigating complaint about food hygiene in premises
and of food handlers, providing advice and education.
The Team also has responsibility for enforcing
health and safety at work in certain
premises.
Eating out in Forest Heath
The Freedom of Information Act 2000
gives you the right to access information about food businesses in
the district, including inspection reports and inspection
ratings.
Food Hygiene
Ratings
A simple system of scoring food businesses for hygiene and
legal compliance - why not find out the
"scores on the
doors" for your favourite restaurant, bar or cafe?
Advice for food businesses
All food businesses which operate within the Forest Heath district
must be registered with us to ensure that regular food hygiene
inspections can be carried out. If you are thinking of
setting up a food business, all of the
relevant information that you need is contained in the Setting
up a Food Business section.
Current businesses can check the
Advice for Businesses section to find
advice on a number of topics including pest control and
temperature control.
Advice for consumers
Members of the public can look at the
Advice for consumers that we have
about food safety at home as well as to learn how and when to
make a complaint about food matters.
Food hygiene training
We are an accredited provider of
food
hygiene training . The dates for the courses are as
follows:
Wednesday 14 April 2010
Wednesday 7 July
2010
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Please call 01638 719733 for more details.
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