Welcome to theEHP’s newsletter issue 109. View the online version here.
In this weeks newsletter you will find a free webinar, London’s Rental Standard, prosecutions & RPT Decisions.
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The site has been updated to make video content easily available from the front page. There are a few videos available now, including the ability to stream all current and future episodes of Season 3 of Food Inspectors directly from the front page of the site.
Course Review
I recently attended the Fire Risk Assessment training course organised by Oxford City Council, in association with the Fire Protection Association. For those who wish to know about the course I have written and recoded a video review.
Free Webinar on Allergens and the new Food Information Regulations 2014
Consultants Steve Pepper & David Newsum will be hosting a free webinar on 10th June at 6pm on Google Hangouts. I will be moderating the chat room so don’t miss it.
All you need is a decent wifi connection, Google+ account and if you’re on gmail or Youtube you will already have one. Full details here. If you are unable to make it, not to worry, the video of the event will be available on the site once it’s available.
Prosecution Stats
The prosecution statistics for 2013 have been been completed and will be published in the next newsletter. For now, I can say:
- a total of 270 prosecutions were reported (21% increase)
- which resulted in £2,240,709.04 in fines and costs combined (6.9% increase)
Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.
Jobs
View the latest edition of Just Jobs on theEHP here.
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection: Fine for dumping litter from car
Clearing out the rubbish from his car onto a District verge has cost a former litter picker £1,000 in court fines and costs.
Environmental Protection: Hull man prosecuted for illegally removing waste
A Hull man has been prosecuted under the Control of Pollution Act for failing to produce a waste carrier licence.
Environmental Protection: Woman prosecuted for overgrown garden
A Hull woman has been successfully prosecuted for failing to clear, as well as burn waste in her garden after numerous letters and notices were served.
Groupon Deals
Food Safety
Food Safety: Encentre food safety inspection survey
Recent research by Encentre into the field of regulatory intelligence and data management has led to some interesting findings. Some of these findings included….
Food Safety: The former owner of Frodsham Pizza Pan fined by magistrates
The former owner of Pizza Pan in Frodsham has been fined by magistrates for running unhygienic and dirty premises.
Food Safety: FSA launch new HACCP web tool
The FSA has launch a new web tool called MyHACCP that offers free step-by-step online guidance to food manufacturing and other food businesses on how to make sure they have got effective HACCP-based controls.
Food Safety: Takeaway prosecuted for refusing hygiene training
Environmental Health Officers from Hull City Council have concluded a prosecution case taken against a takeaway owner who refused to undertake food hygiene training or provide food hygiene training for his staff
Food Safety: Pizza Express Huntingdon Prosecuted
On Wednesday 19 March 2014, Pizza Express Restaurants Ltd were fined £8,000 plus £2,890 costs at Peterborough Magistrates Court, in a case brought by Huntingdonshire District Council, after a woman eating a pizza at the Pizza Express restaurant, 105 High Street, Huntingdon cracked her tooth when she bit on a metal screw which had been in her pizza.
theEHP Book Store
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- Putting Wrong Things Right: Environmental Health, 1952-2012 – From £10.65 (up to 47% off)
View all Environmental Health Books here. If you think a book should be added to the store, please let us know.
theEHP’s Top 10 Environmental Health Books 2013 are available here.
Health & Safety
Health & Safety: Woman fined for flouting hygiene rules
The owner of a Mansfield nail salon has been fined after inappropriate equipment was used on a customer.
Housing
Housing: Owners of derelict property fined
Property owners who allowed their empty houses to attract vermin and who failed to provide information to the city council have been prosecuted.
Housing: Housing Act gas safety prosecution
A gas oven, which failed to have a safety certificate, could have caused a North Kesteven resident serious harm had it not been for District Council Officers stepping in to help.
Housing: Newham landlord fined after children found living in dangerous property
A ruthless landlord has been forced to pay more than £25,500 after Newham Council found children living in an overcrowded, unhygienic and dangerous property that he managed.
Housing: London’s Rental Standard launched by Mayor
The Mayor of London has launched the capital’s first ever rental standard, a city-wide badge of accreditation, to help millions of Londoners rent with confidence, and to give the city’s 300,000 landlords peace of mind that they are complying with the law and doing the right thing.
Public Health
Public Health: Man prosecuted for failing to clear up after dog
Hull City Council has successfully prosecuted a Hull man for failing to clean up after a dog in his care.
Training
Training: Free Webinar on Allergens and the new Food Information Regulations 2014
Steve Pepper (Food Safety and Health & Safety Consultant) will be hosting a free webinar on the above on the 10th of June at 6:00pm. He will be joined by David Newsum who is an expert in Food Safety and he will be giving you information on this new legislation. It is of significant importance to those in the food industry especially caterers.
Review: Fire Risk Assessment Training Course
On 27th May 2014 I attended the Fire Risk Assessment training course organised by Oxford City Council, in association with the Fire Protection Association. This is a short review of that course.
RPT Decisions
RPT Decision: Improvement Notice (LON/00AP/HIN/2013/0016)
This case relates to an Appeal against an Improvement Notice issued by London Borough of Haringey. The appeal concerned notices which related to excess cold hazards.
RPT Decision: Improvement Notice (LON/00BA/HIN/2013/0001)
This case relates to an Appeal against a charge for Improvement Notice issued by London Borough of Merton.
RPT Decision: Improvement Notice (MAN/00DA/HIN/2013/0004)
This case relates to an Appeal against the costs charged for enforcement action for the service of an Improvement Notice issued by Leeds City Council.
RPT Decision: Improvement Notice (CAM/38UC/HIN/2013/0007)
This case relates to an Appeal against an Improvement Notice issued by Oxford City Council. The Improvement Notice concerned Category 2 Hazards.
