Issue - meetings

[To approve the food service plan]

1.       That the draft 2017/18 Statutory Food Service Plan be approved.

2.       That the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Service Director for City Environment, be authorised to approve the final version of the Statutory Food Service Plan for 2017/18.

3.       That the requirement to prepare a Food Service Plan be noted.

4.       That the impact on the ability to deliver the statutory requirements of the Food Standards Agency because of the resource reductions arising from the restructure of the service in 2014 and the demands on the service from other performed functions be noted.

5.       That the positive impact on food safety standards of the development of the food hygiene service following a systems thinking intervention, be noted.

Cllr Steve Evans presented for consideration and approval, the draft Statutory Food Service Plan for 2017/18 which had been produced in accordance with the Food Standards Agency Framework Agreement on Local Authority Food Law Enforcement. In doing so he highlighted the innovative engagement approach the Service had taken to enforcement and the good results this approach had yielded.

Resolved:

1. That the draft 2017/18 Statutory Food Service Plan be approved.

2. That the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Service Director for City Environment, be authorised to approve the final version of the Statutory Food Service Plan for 2017/18.

3. That the requirement to prepare a Food Service Plan be noted.

4. That the impact on the ability to deliver the statutory requirements of the Food Standards Agency because of the resource reductions arising from the restructure of the service in 2014 and the demands on the service from other performed functions be noted.

5.       That the positive impact on food safety standards of the development of the food hygiene service following a systems thinking intervention, be noted.