Agenda item

Report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Recommendations:-

1.      That the Food and Feed Service Plan for 2019/20 and the accompanying Food and Feed Sampling Protocol for 2019/20 be approved.

Consideration was given to the report which detailed how the Food Standards Agency required all Competent Authorities to have an up-to-date, documented Food and Feed Service Plan, which was readily available to food and feed business operators and consumers.  This Plan must be subject to regular review and clearly state the period of time for which the plan had effect.

Following audit by the Food Standards Agency in May, 2010, the Agency confirmed that the format of the Council’s Food Service Plan was in line with the Service Planning Guidance in the Framework Agreement.  The Food and Feed Service Plan for 2019/20 followed this outline.

The Food and Feed Service Plan, therefore, detailed the Council’s performance during 2018/19 and identified expected performance for 2019/20. Performance was reported nationally to the Food Standards Agency through the Local Authority Enforcement Monitoring System.

The Plan also highlighted the priorities for the year going forward in terms of food hygiene and the large number of establishments that this covered.  The food hygiene ratings could be viewed online and the data was available for access.

Resolved:-  That the Food and Feed Service Plan for 2019/20 and the accompanying Food and Feed Sampling Protocol for 2019/20 be approved.