Food and Health & Safety 2025 - V4 - Flipbook - Page 18
BACKGROUND
East Su昀昀olk attracts many tourists particularly during the summer months and the
council supports events which will boost the local economy. We have a diverse range of
businesses operated by and/or associated with ethnic minorities. This includes Chinese,
Bangladeshi, Turkish, Portuguese and Polish. Many of these businesses are takeaways,
restaurants, retail shops and barbers.
Lowestoft Port Health Authority inspects ships under the International Health
Regulations (IHR) 2005 to ensure ships are controlling health risks. We issue Ship
Sanitation Control Certi昀椀cates and charge fees for this service.
Health and safety law is regulated either by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or
the local authority with the split being determined by the main activity carried out at
the premises. The council generally enforces health and safety law in workplaces where
members of the public have access, such as hospitality, retail, consumer services,
leisure activities, places of worship and residential care homes along with o昀케ces,
warehouses and undertakers. The council enforces health and safety law in around
5,700 enterprises. A signi昀椀cant proportion of these are Micro, Small or Medium-sized
Enterprises (SMEs).
Investigations into health and safety incidents at premises where East Su昀昀olk Council is
the enforcing authority are not foreseeable and can place huge demands on the Food
and Safety Team.
The Food and Safety Team works with event organisers and others during planning and
delivery via the Safety Advisory Group to ensure that persons involved in the events,
and the members of public that attend them, are protected from risks to their health or
safety. Events attracting up
to 80,000 people include the
The main stage at the First Light Festival
Su昀昀olk Show at Trinity Park,
Latitude Festival at Henham
Park and First Light Festival
in Lowestoft. Some events
only come to the team’s
attention at short notice
and require signi昀椀cant
intervention which can have
an impact on workload.
For easy and 24-hour customer convenience we provide all of our application and
noti昀椀cation channels online via our website. The Food and Safety Team provides a 24hour, seven-days a week, 52 weeks a year cover for emergencies.
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East Suffolk Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023/24
