Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023-24 - Flipbook - Page 12
BACKGROUND
Food and Health & Safety
The Food and Safety Team is managed by the Food and Safety Manager.
The team’s 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 O昀케cers
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Health and Safety Manager (0.6 FTE)
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Regulatory Support O昀케cer
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Lead Food and Safety O昀케cers
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Environmental Health Technical
Support O昀케cers.
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
Su昀昀olk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) currently employs just over 100 team
members as outlined in appendix 3. Led by the Port Health Manager, the three areas
essential to SCPHA’s 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 SCPHA’s nominated Lead Food O昀케cers, while the Technical Lead for
products of animal origin (POAO) is the Senior O昀케cial Veterinary Surgeon.
Operations are made up of several highly trained, multi-disciplinary teams performing
health checks at Border Control Posts (BCPs). These comprise Authorised O昀케cers (AOs),
Port Health O昀케cers (PHOs) and O昀케cial 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 昀椀nance, 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 A昀昀airs (DEFRA) looks to introduce new import controls for
EU goods from October 2023 as part of its Border Target Operating Model (BTOM).
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