Issue - meetings

RESOLVED: Cabinet;

a)    Approved the Food Safety Service Plan for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

b)    Approved the Food and Feed Standards Service Plan for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

c)     Approved the Spray Paint Enforcement Plan for 2021-22

d)    Approved the Tobacco Enforcement Plan for 2021-22.

REASONS:

The recommendations are necessary to meet with the requirements of the Food Standards Agency and relevant legislative requirements.

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS: None

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DECLARED AND DISPENSATIONS GRANTED: Councillor Brown advised that one of the businesses listed on the report was a supplier to a business listed on his Register of Interests (non-pecuniary).

At the Chairman’s invitation Councillor David Smith presented the report, copies of which had been previously circulated. It was advised that Covid had had some impact and services were now getting up to speed. The report had also advised that work was being carried out with food standards agencies.

A Councillor noted that there were currently 340 outstanding inspections and there had been no details in the report about getting this number down.

The Executive Director of Place & Economy advised that many of the officers had been doing work that wasn’t in their remit during Covid, and as such some objectives had not been met. This would be continually monitored.

Councillor Adam Brown advised the committee and the MO that he had a business relationship with a food operator that was mentioned in the report.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet;

1. Approved the Food Safety Service Plan for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 
2. Approved the Food and Feed Standards Service Plan for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 
3. Approved the Spray Paint Enforcement Plan for 2021-22 
4. Approved the Tobacco Enforcement Plan for 2021-22.