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Home  >   Environment and Health  >   Food Safety  >   Introduction to Food Safety

Introduction to Food Safety

Summary

The Food Safety Act, along with regulations made under it and European food safety legislation, aim to make sure that all food offered to the public is safe to eat. Officers from the Natural & Built Environment Division have a legal duty to enforce this legislation in food businesses within Babergh District.

HOT TOPIC: Report published following inquiry into 2005 outbreak of E.coli in Wales

The report of the E.coli Public Inquiry, established to investigate the outbreak of E.coli O157 in Wales in 2005, was published on the 19th of March, 2009.

The outbreak – the largest ever incidence of E. coli O157 in Wales and the second largest in the UK – affected more than 150 people, most of whom were children in 44 schools across four local authority areas. Thirty-one people were admitted to hospital and a five-year-old boy died.

The report begins by explaining what E coli O157 is and how it causes illness, and goes on to examine conditions at John Tudor and Son (the business at the centre of the outbreak), the inspection of the premises by Bridgend County Borough Council and the audit of Bridgend by the Food Standards Agency.

The Suffolk Food Liaison Group (which comprises food officers from all seven Suffolk Local Authorities and representatives from the Health Protection Agency) will examine the report in detail to determine what steps we can take to ensure that such an outbreak is prevented in Suffolk.

The downloadable E.coli in Wales 2005 Full Report (PDF, 2.14Mb) and a downloadable E.coli in Wales 2005 Summary (PDF, 1.04Mb) of the inquiry are available on the inquiry’s website.

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External links ...

Food Standards Agency
Eat well
The Food Standards Agency's consumer advice and information site, packed with reliable and practical advice about healthy eating, understanding food labels and how what we eat can affect our health.
Eatwell website
Food Standards Agency
Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.
Food Standards Agency website

Note: the Food Standards Agency is an independent food safety watchdog set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the public's health and consumer interests in relation to food.

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Team:
Food & Safety
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Email:
food.safety@babergh.gov.uk
Telephone:
01473 825890
Minicom/textphone:
01473 825878
Fax:
01473 825738
Address:
Babergh District Council
Corks Lane
Hadleigh
IPSWICH
IP7 6SJ 

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Last updated on: 28 May 2009 | Date of next review: 28 May 2010


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