Decision - Official Feed and Food Controls Service Delivery Plan 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024

Brighton and Hove Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee Decided 14 Mar 2023 approved GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee

Report author

David Currie

Published

16 Mar 2023

Reference

6890

As published

the council's own words, unedited

Resolved- 1) That Committee agrees the Official Feed and Food Controls Service Plan set out in the Appendix of this report. 2) That Committee agrees to a report being brought back to ETS with an update in Autumn 2023, to include the following: · How many high-risk food businesses have been inspected over the past 12 months; · What the backlog of high and medium inspections is as at the reporting date; · How many complaints have been dealt with in the 22/23 financial year and how long it took to deal with them; · What the visitor impact might be of improved inspection service levels; · What the impact of the new FSA CoP regulations will be; · Setting out current risk levels and additional funding required to reduce risk levels.

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The report sets out Brighton & Hove City Council’s food hygiene and food standards service plan for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024. It explains the planned inspections, sampling, enforcement, business advice, staffing and budgets, including work to reduce the backlog of inspections following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recommendation

To adopt the Official Feed and Food Controls Service Plan for 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

Financial impact

The Food Safety Service net budget for 2023/24 is £547,420 and the Food Standards net budget for 2023/24 is £74,800.

Ward affected

city-wide

Decision maker

Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee

Stakeholders named

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Food businessesConsumers and residentsTrading StandardsEnvironmental HealthPublic Health EnglandFood Standards Agency

Next steps

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Deliver the food hygiene and food standards interventions during 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
Continue work to address the backlog of overdue food premises interventions.
Review the plan in October 2023 to monitor progress.
Train new staff to obtain the suitable qualification required by the Food Law Code of Practice.

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