Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2024-25 - Flipbook - Page 2
Foreword
On behalf of East Sufolk Council, it is my privilege as Cabinet Member for Community Health to
present this updated service plan for Food Safety, Health and Safety and Port Health Services.
The safety of our food and our residents is vital to community health within East Sufolk.
This updated plan serves to outline how East Sufolk ensures that the highest safety standards
are achieved.
The Food Standards Agency requires that the service plan be an expression of the authority9s
commitment to the development of food controls. It must also provide the Food Standards
Agency with information to assess how we deliver the service.
East Sufolk deliver oïcial food controls, both inland and at our seaports, by our Food and
Safety Team and Sufolk Coastal Port Health Authority.
The health, safety and well-being of our local authority workforce is paramount and for that
reason we include the important work of our Corporate Health and Safety Team.
Our colleagues at Sufolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) have been working hard to
ensure checks on food entering the UK through the Port of Felixstowe, Harwich International
Port and the Port of Ipswich are carried out eïciently, and that the UK9s food supply chain is
protected. Changes in the rules for bringing food
into the UK from the EU means that our Port
Health Team may see an increase in the number
and frequency of checks it performs. Our Port
Health colleagues have devised and are now
using Neoma, a new sophisticated system to
track, manage, process and record food imports.
This is ensuring that food passing through the
UK9s largest container port continues to reach its
destination on time.
I would like to thank all those who have
contributed to the successes set out in this
plan. Our achievements would not be possible
without the dedication and expertise of our East
Sufolk Council and Sufolk Coastal Port Authority
staf and the commitment of our hard-working
businesses, our partner organisations and all
those who work so diligently all year round.
Cllr Jan Candy
Cabinet Member for
Community Health
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East Suffolk Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023/24
