Agenda item

The Committee was informed that the Food Standards agency required all food authorities to have a Food Safety Service Plan to ensure that national priorities and standards were addressed and delivered locally.

In order to be considered ‘broadly compliant’ with food hygiene law, a business would be awarded a food hygiene score of 3 or above. It was noted that the number of food businesses which were ‘broadly compliant’ remained high at 95.4%.This figure had increased in the previous few years from a base of 87% in 2009/10. Officers continued to work with the businesses which were not broadly compliant in order to ensure that they improved their standards.

The Committee was advised that the Council continued to support its four Primary Authority Partnerships (PAPs) with Exclusive Hotels, the owner of Pennyhill Park, and Krispy Kreme Ltd, Kerry Food Ltd, and food importer: Manning Impex Ltd.

The report sets out the performance of the food safety service team during 2018/19, including inspections, complaint investigations and sampling activities, and provides information on expected demands on the service during 2019/20.

It was stated that there were no food businesses in the Borough with outstanding visits and gaps between visits were three years at most for very low risk premises.

Risk-ratings assigned during visits, as well as compliance scores determined the time periods between visits. Problem premises were told a certain time in which they needed to comply by and revisits were undertaken to make sure they were now ‘broadly compliant’. 

RESOLVED that the Food Safety Service Plan 2019/2020, as set out in the supplementary agenda papers be agreed.