Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

the Food Safety Service Plan 2015-16 be approved.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report and explained that the Food Standards Act 1999 required the Council to produce a Food Safety Service Plan. This was the Council’s expression of commitment to the delivery of an improving cost effective and efficient regulatory food service. He explained that the Food Safety Service Plan was an annual operational plan and gave details of how Cheltenham was going to execute its statutory food safety functions within the Public Protection service under the Director of Environmental & Regulatory Services.

The Cabinet Member referred members to Appendix 2 and the list of current premises inspected with the focus of efforts on those businesses that did not meet the minimum legislative standards. He explained that Category A premises were inspected every 6 months, Category B premises every 12 months and Category C every 18 months. Premises in categories D and E presented a lower risk and in order to focus more resources in categories A-C it was now proposed that D and E would not be inspected in 2015-16 but in 2016-17. The Cabinet Member confirmed that this would still comply with the statutory requirement.

Members supported this approach.

RESOLVED THAT

the Food Safety Service Plan 2015-16 be approved.