Issue - meetings

Report of Cabinet Member for Safety and Communities, Councillor Victoria Atherstone

RESOLVED THAT:

1. the appended Food Safety Service Plan 2025-26 is approved.

The Cabinet Member for Safety and Communities introduced her report, which outlines the Food Safety Service Plan for the year ahead and summarises work and outcomes from the previous year.  It is a statutory duty to ensure public health standards are met across all food businesses, and the plan sets out how this will be done, as well as reporting on the interventions over the past year.  She thanked officers for all their hard work.

Members made the following comments:

-       Cheltenham’s restaurant offer is outstanding and a huge factor in the town’s tourism offer, as well as for local residents.  All the businesses are to be congratulated, as is the team of just three officers who carry out all the inspections.  The fact that there are so few complaints shows what a good job they are doing – congratulations to them and to all restaurants and food outlets in Cheltenham;

-       it is important to protect residents and visitors, particularly the vulnerable, to make sure they feel as safe as possible in their choices, and from an economy point of view, the inspections give confidence and show we care about safety and quality in the town.

RESOLVED THAT:

1. the appended Food Safety Service Plan 2025-26 is approved.