This Week at theEHP: No 81 |

Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the recent articles to appear on theEHP.com.

This week at theEHP we report on Newham’s new licensing scheme, depressing housing cost and prosecutions.

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Food adulteration looks to be back on the menu following the Food Safety Authority of Ireland’s (FSAI) study examining the authenticity of a number of beef burger, beef meal and salami products. Horse and pig DNA were found in a variety of beef products on sale at Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. Read the full story here.

Comming Soon – theEHP’s Statistical Release on Environmental Health Prosecutions

We are busy working on theEHP’s first statistical release on Environmental Health prosecutions. Our statistical release we will answer the following questions:

What are the total fines issues in Environmental Health prosecutions?
Which local authorities have carried out the most prosecutions?
What are the average fines and costs for the various disciplines?
And much more.

Job of the Week

Associate/Principal Environmental Consultant (Contaminated Land Remediation) up to £70,000

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Environmental Protection

Contaminated Land Jobs 14th January – 18th January
Check out the latest contaminated land jobs on theEHP (2 jobs posted).

Environmental Protection Jobs 14th January – 18th January
Check out the latest environmental protection jobs on theEHP (1 job posted).

Environmental Protection: Fine for noise
A 23-year old Tilbury resident has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £275 after admitting breaching a noise abatement notice.

Food Safety

Food Safety: FSA explore how horse and pig DNA got into beef products
The Food Standards Agency is investigating urgently how a number of beef products on sale in the UK and Republic of Ireland came to contain some traces of horse and pig DNA.

Food Safety: Restaurant fined for mass mouse infestation
An Indian restaurant and take-away branded by a judge as a serious health risk to customers has been fined £1,000 for failing to deal with a significant mouse infestation (Photos on Flickr).

Food Safety: Fast food premises owner fined £15,000
A Harlow fast food takeaway owner who has been fined £15,000 after Harlow Council Environmental Health Officers uncovered a catalogue of unhygienic practices.

Food Safety: Hotel loses appeal against food hygiene fines
The Wyndham Arms Hotel in Clearwell and its Company Secretary Nigel Stanley have both lost their appeal against £43,000 in fines and costs for food hygiene offences (Photos on Flickr).

Health & Safety

Health & Safety Jobs 14th January – 18th January
Check out the latest health & safety jobs on theEHP (2 jobs posted).

Health & Safety: Wirral MBC in court after parks workers suffer debilitating hand injuries
A Merseyside council has been sentenced after 29 employees were diagnosed with a debilitating condition that has left them with ongoing problems with their hands.

Housing

Housing: Over 15,000 applications made to Newham’s pioneering property licence scheme
Over 15,000 applications have so far been made by landlords to Newham Council. Newham is the first council in the country to implement a pioneering scheme to license all private properties. The trail-blazing scheme came into force on January 1st – but landlords have been given a month’s extension before it takes effect.

Housing: Housing costs cause stress and depression for millions
A new YouGov survey from Shelter has revealed the emotional strain faced by millions of families as they struggle to meet their housing costs.

Housing: Gas fitter may face prison after illegal work in Essex
An unregistered gas fitter has received a suspended prison sentence for illegally carrying out sub-standard gas work at a property in Essex.

Housing: Chester landlord ignored gas safety warnings
A Chester landlord has been fined after ignoring repeated warnings about gas safety at a property she rented out in the city.

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Training

Easy Law for Landlords course – By Tessa Shepperson
This course is divided into 14 weekly parts which will be delivered to you one week at a time – giving you time to study and absorb one part before going on to the next.

The course content will start by looking at general law topics in outline, before moving in to look at the housing legislation (the Housing and Rent Acts) in more detail, finishing off with some content on shared properties and HMOs.

By the time you reach the end you will have a much better understanding of the laws that affect landlords and their properties.

Full course details available here.

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Recently published British Standards

BS 5306-8:2012 Fire extinguishing installations and equipment on premises. Selection and positioning of portable fire extinguishers. Code of practice
Well maintained and professionally installed fire extinguishers are fundamentally safe and easy to use. Research has shown that extinguishers are successful in a significant number of fires each year and make a major contribution to first aid fire safety.

BS 5306-8:2012 gives advice and guidance on the suitability and positioning of portable fire extinguishers, primarily those conforming to BS EN 3, that can be carried by one person and that are used for the protection of buildings, other premises, contents and to assist evacuation.

Get BS 5306-8:2012 here.

More British Standards here.

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There is a half price sale throughout January offering hundreds of great books at 50% off. Popular titles, childrens books, any genre you like. There is also free UK delivery when you spend £20.00 or more. Visit Blackwell’s here.

Office Stationery Voucher Code
£5 off orders over £60 with voucher code ‘jan2013‘. Visit Office Stationery here.

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