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Introduction

Summary

Role of the Babergh Food and Safety Regulation team and how it relates to the work done by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Babergh District Council's Food and Safety Regulation team enforce health and safety in premises including offices, shops, warehouses, residential homes, tyre and exhaust centres, churches, catering and leisure facilities.

Our roles include:

Accident investigation,
Health and safety advice,
Dealing with complaints, and
Inspection of workplaces

Photo showing dangerous electrical wiring

Photo showing a poorly maintained wash hand basin

Other types of workplaces are dealt by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The Health and Safety Executive enforce safety legislation in premises including factories, motor vehicle repair centres, nursing homes, schools, hospitals, construction sites, domestic premises, farms.

For the results of the HSE's Workplace Health Connect initiative for small and medium sized businesses which ended in February 2008, consult the Workplace Health Connect web pages.

External links ...

Health and Safety Executive

Protecting people against risks to health or safety arising out of work activities.

Health & Safety Executive's main website
Health & Safety Executive's Workplace Health Connect

Business Link

Businesslink.gov.uk is the official government website for businesses of all sizes.
You can access information, guidance and support for your business needs and your online dealings with government - helping you save time and money

Business Link's Health, safety, premises webpage

ERWIN (Everything Regulation, Whenever It's Needed)

The one-stop web site for all your Trading Standards, Environmental Health, Licensing and Fire Safety business [retail based] related information across England and Wales.

ERWIN Main Web page

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Last updated on: 01 July 2011 | Date of next review: 01 July 2012

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