Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2024-25 - Flipbook - Page 18
BACKGROUND
East Sufolk attracts many tourists particularly during the summer months and the
council supports events which will boost the local economy. We have a diverse range of
businesses operated by and/or associated with ethnic minorities. This includes Chinese,
Bangladeshi, Turkish, Portuguese and Polish. Many of these businesses are takeaways,
restaurants, retail shops and barbers.
Lowestoft Port Health Authority inspects ships under the International Health
Regulations 2005 to ensure ships are controlling health risks. We issue Ship Sanitation
Certiocates and charge fees for this service.
Health and safety law is regulated either by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or
the local authority with the split being determined by the main activity carried out at
the premises. The council generally enforces health and safety law in workplaces where
members of the public have access, such as hospitality, retail, consumer services,
leisure activities, places of worship and residential care homes along with oïces,
warehouses and undertakers. The council enforces health and safety law in around
5,700 enterprises. A signiocant proportion of these are Micro, Small or Medium-sized
Enterprises (SMEs).
Investigations into health and safety incidents at premises where East Sufolk Council is
the enforcing authority are not foreseeable and can place huge demands on the Food
and Safety Team.
The Food and Safety Team works with event organisers and others during planning
and delivery via the Safety Advisory Group to ensure that persons involved in the
events, and the members of public that
attend them, are protected from risks to
The foodhall at the Sufolk Show.
their health or safety. Events attracting
up to 80,000 people include the Sufolk
Show at Trinity Park, Latitude Festival at
Henham Park and First Light Festival in
Lowestoft. Some events only come to the
team9s attention at short notice and require
signiocant intervention which can have an
impact on the team9s workload.
For easy and 24-hour customer convenience
we provide all of our application and
notiocation channels online via the East
Sufolk Council website. The Food and
Safety Team provides a 24-hour, sevendays a week, 52 weeks a year cover for
emergencies.
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East Suffolk Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023/24
