Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2024-25 - Flipbook - Page 15
BACKGROUND
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Upholding plastic kitchenware legislation on imports from China
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Ship sanitation certiocation and infectious disease controls
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Inspecting vessels to ensure compliance with international and UK health standards
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Food hygiene inspections of docked vessels
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Verifying organic produce at the point of importation
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Undertaking risk-based monitoring and surveillance programmes using current
intelligence
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Working closely with Trading Standards, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Afairs (DEFRA), the Animal and
Plant Health Agency (APHA) and other agencies to ensure efective monitoring and
reporting procedures
SCPHA may need to increase the number and
frequency of checks it performs as DEFRA looks
to introduce new import controls for EU goods
from October 2024 as part of the Border
Target Operating Model (BTOM).
SCPHA has developed the sophisticated Port
Health Interactive Live Information System
(PHILIS) to track vessel arrivals, record health
checks, manage correspondence and process
imports as quickly as possible. This is
outsourced to the majority of Britain9s port
health authorities, with ongoing support and
maintenance provided by SCPHA9s IT team. PHILIS communicates with other industrystandard systems such as IPAFFS, Destin8 and CNS Compass to exchange crucial
information electronically.
The much-anticipated next evolution of PHILIS, NEOMA, is currently being developed
by SCPHA9s IT team. This will use cutting-edge technology, such as artiocial ntelligence,
to increase the eïciency of port health operations and cut down on waste.
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