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Home  >   Environment and Health  >   Food Safety  >   Sampling  >   Food Sampling

Food sampling

Summary

Information about how and why we test food from businesses within the Babergh area.

Officers from the Food and Safety Regulation Team regularly check on the quality of food sold by businesses within the district. This usually involves having officers purchase food as customers and then transport the food under controlled conditions to a laboratory for testing. The food is analysed to check for the presence of harmful or high numbers of bacteria that may arise through poor storage, handling or preparation of the food or its ingredients.

If problems are found, this is not always the fault of the business selling the food - they can arise in some cases from suppliers of ingredients that are not under the business's direct control. In such cases, we may carry out an investigation to try where the problem has occurred. If a sample of food is taken from your premises, you will receive a letter and a copy of the laboratory report within around 2 weeks of the sample being taken.

Foods to be sampled are determined annually by the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) and the Eastern Region Coordinated Food Sampling Liaison Group (ERCFSLG).

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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.
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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
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Babergh District Council
Corks Lane
Hadleigh
IPSWICH
IP7 6SJ



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Last updated on: 01 April 2010 | Date of next review: 01 April 2011


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