Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

The Cabinet Member for Waste Strategy, Public Protection and Leisure introduced the report which sought approval for the Food Service Plan 2015/16.

Key achievements for 2014/15 were:

·         Sustained progress with achieving actions contained within the Food Standards Agency (FSA) action plan following receipt of the final FSA audit report in July 2014

·         Achieving 100% of all Food Hygiene, Food Standards and Feedstuffs High Risk inspections

·         Notable improvement in the number of food businesses broadly compliant with Food Hygiene legislation with a very pleasing total of 95.6% of Flintshire businesses achieving this standard

·         Collaborative work with other North Wales Local Authorities and FSA to produce and introduce the North Wales Feed Enforcement Delivery Plan (NWFEDP) for implementation from 1 April 2015

·         Training of Trading Standards Enforcement Officers to ensure compliance with the competence requirements of the revised Feed Law Enforcement Code of Practice (FLECP) Wales 2014, in order to provide resilience in the participation in regional feed service delivery

·         Provision of comprehensive advice to businesses on the major change in Food Standards legislation which came into force in December 2014 by running numerous workshops relating to allergen labelling requirements

·         Delivery of Food Hygiene and Food Safety Management System training in the medium of Turkish to 30 food handlers within Flintshire and Wrexham, funded by FSA Wales as part of the regional Environmental Health collaboration projects

·         Successful prosecution of a takeaway business for offences under The Food Safety Act 1990 for the misdescription of food containing peanut allergen

A list of key targets for 2015/16 were detailed in the report.

Members praised the work of the department, particularly in the number of premises who had progressed to achieve a 5* Food Hygiene Rating.

RESOLVED:

That the Food Service Plan 2015/16 be approved.