Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2024-25 - Flipbook - Page 11
BACKGROUND
Food and Health & Safety
The Food and Safety Team is managed by the Food and Safety Manager.
The team9s organisation chart is provided in appendix 2.
The team comprises:
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Food and Safety Manager
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Food and Safety Oïcers
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Health and Safety Manager (0.6 FTE)
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Regulatory Support Oïcer
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Lead Food and Safety Oïcers
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Environmental Health Technical
Support Oïcers.
All members of the team have contributed to the development of this plan, via
ongoing discussions and regular team meetings.
Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority
Sufolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) currently employ 134 team members as
outlined in appendix 3. However, an increase is expected due to the new Border Target
Operating Model (BTOM) for imports into GB and a new Border Control Post (BCP)
in Harwich. A BCP is a border inspection facility located at a orst point of entry for
the arrival of goods at Drafting Public consultation Full CouncilCabinet Member with
responsibility for Community Health the GB border. Led by the Port Health Manager,
the three areas essential to SCPHA9s success are spearheaded by the Business Manager,
Operations Manager and Compliance Manager.
Overseen by the Compliance Manager, the Technical Leads for products of non-animal
origin (NAO) are SCPHA9s nominated Lead Food Oïcers, while the Technical Lead for
products of animal origin (POAO) is the Senior Oïcial Veterinary Surgeon.
Operations are made up of several highly trained, multi-disciplinary teams performing
health checks at Border Control Posts (BCPs). These comprise Authorised Oïcers (AOs),
Port Health Oïcers (PHOs) and Oïcial Veterinary Surgeons (OVSs), in addition to Import
Control Assistants (ICAs) led by the Business Support Shift Supervisor, who reports to the
Business Manager. Each team is overseen and supervised by a Team Leader reporting to
the Operations Manager.
The port health function is enabled by onance, public relations, business relations and
training professionals led by the Business Manager. This includes an ICT department
of quick-response Service Desk Analysts, led by the Service Desk Team Supervisor, and
developers led by the ICT Manager.
SCPHA may need to increase the size of its workforce as the Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Afairs (DEFRA) looks to introduce new import controls for
EU goods from October 2024 as part of its Border Target Operating Model (BTOM).
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