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REVIEW
Regulatory food safety activities are reported to the FSA via an End of Year Return.
Regulatory health and safety activities are reported to HSE via the LAE1 report. Proactive
enforcement interventions conducted as part of a project are evaluated at an early stage
to ensure that the project is appropriately targeted at non-compliant businesses.
In 2021/22 and 2022/23 the Food and Safety Team:
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conducted over 98% of the food
interventions which were due or overdue
in category A to D food businesses
determined that over 90% of the food
businesses inspected were broadly
compliant with food safety regulations
obtained 225 food, water and shell昀椀sh
samples
responded to the discovery of illegally
imported products of animal origin
from by the Police and Su昀昀olk Trading
Standards during a multi-agency ‘stop
and check’ campaign in Lowestoft. We
removed almost 100kg of illegal meat
from the UK food chain and ensured it
was disposed of safely
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assisted Su昀昀olk Trading Standards and APHA in detecting and reporting poultry
birds being kept outside within an Avian In昀氀uenza Prevention Zone
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introduced a new, single set of skin-piercing byelaws across East Su昀昀olk Council.
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liaised with the East of England HPT (part of the UKHSA) to request members of the
public cooperate with medical personnel to receive the necessary medical attention
to treat a tuberculosis (TB) infection. Failure to take medication for this illness can
cause further spread of this infection to other members of the community. These
requests are made to control and prevent the spread of TB which could present a
risk of signi昀椀cant harm to human health
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submitted quarterly and annual End of Year Returns to the FSA. A summary is
provided in appendix 14
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submitted an annual LAE1 return to the HSE. A summary of the activity is provided
in appendix 16.
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