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East Su昀昀olk welcomes, encourages and supports organisers of safe events. SAG
considers events ranging from local community events run by volunteers to large
events attracting thousands of people such as the Su昀昀olk Show, Latitude, First Light and
international cycle races.
A member of the Food and Safety Team also chairs the countywide SAG and has worked
with the Su昀昀olk Joint Emergency Planning Unit to provide training on their role in SAG
to o昀케cers via multi-agency online training. The SAG chair is a member of the Local
Authority Regulators Events Expert Panel (LAREEP) hosted by the O昀케ce for Product
Safety and Standards (OPSS) and has worked with emergency planning colleagues to
provide local training workshops on working e昀昀ectively in a SAG.
The Food and Safety Team’s health and safety regulatory activities are benchmarked with
other Local Authorities at the Norfolk and Su昀昀olk Health and Safety Liaison Group which
is chaired by a member of the Food and Safety Team.
Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority
The legislative basis for port health enforcement is prescriptive and dynamic, driving
almost all interventions conducted by Su昀昀olk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA).The
Border Target Operating Model (BTOM), realigns some legislative requirements for port
health, introducing a more risk-based approach.
Outside of mandated interventions, SCPHA regularly engages in food monitoring and
sampling surveillance programmes. Based on intelligence, these can be at the request
of the Food Standards Agency and DEFRA, or as a result of in-house requirements.
Monitoring and surveillance programmes always aim to provide greater insight into
potential, ongoing or emerging threats to food security at the border and enable
smarter targeting for the future.
SCPHA’s service is resourced based on current and projected levels of required
intervention, with the ability to 昀氀ex to some degree. Appendix 7 provides an outline of
SCPHA’s current activities.
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East Suffolk Food and Health & Safety Service Plan 2023/24
