Issue - meetings

[To approve the annual statutory Food Service Plan]

1.       That the draft 2019 Food Service Plan as summarised in Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

2.       That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Head of Business Services to approve the final version of the Food Service Plan.

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

4.       That the Service’s key achievements in 2018 be noted.

Councillor Steve Evans presented for approval the Council’s draft Food Service Plan for 2019.  Delegated authority was also sought to approve the final version of the document. He drew to the Panel’s attention some of the key achievements of the food team within Environmental Health and Trading Standards Service during 2018, notably a Primary Authority Partnership set up with Marstons PLC; the Trade with Confidence Consultancy service; and the relatively low number of complaints received relating to food and hygiene standards., He also corrected a minor error in the demographics contained in the Plan.  The document referred to 259,926 children in poverty when it should read 25.9%.

Resolved:

1.     That the draft 2019 Food Service Plan as summarised in Appendix 1 to the report be approved.

2.     That authority be delegated to the Cabinet Member for City Environment in consultation with the Head of Business Services to approve the final version of the Food Service Plan.

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

4.     That the Service’s key achievements in 2018 be noted.