Food
Our role is to ensure that all food manufactured, prepared,
stored, transported or presented for sale within the district is
handled in hygienic conditions, fit for human consumption,
correctly labelled and does not pose a potential vehicle for the
spread of food borne disease. To achieve this we:
Promote Awareness
Of:
- Hygiene in Food Businesses through the Scores On the Doors Initiative
- Healthy Eating
- Control of Food Borne Infection
- Topical Food Safety Issues
Sample:
- Ready to eat Foods
- Raw / Cooked Meat & Fish
- Specialist Foods
- Spices
- Imported Foods
Enforce:
- Food Hygiene / Safety Laws
- Food Incident Warnings
- Communicable (Infectious) Disease Controls
- Inspect Food Businesses
- Standards of Food labelling and composition
Investigate:
- Food Complaints
- Unauthorised Food Traders
- Food Poisoning Outbreaks
- Reports of Food Borne Illness
Advise:
- Business on Food safety Matters
- Consumers on Initiatives / Campaigns
- Alert to Food Incident Warnings
For further information, please contact the
Food team.