Commercial Team

The Commercial Team deals with -

• Disposal of waste food by retail premises

• Food Safety and Hygiene

• Safe to eat

• Food Sampling

• Health Promotion

• Health and Safety at Work

• Infectious disease and Food Poisoning

• Licensing

• Safer Food Better Business

• Smokefree Legislation

Commercial Team Service Plan : Every Food Authority is required by the Food Standards Agency to produce a service plan, ensure that it is approved by Members and review it annually. The Health and Safety Executive also requires an Enforcing Authority to produce an annual service plan approved by Members.

Gosport's Service Plan for 2009/10 was approved by Councillors on the 15th June 2009. To download a copy please click here. This covers food safety, health and safety at work, licensing and smoke free enforcement. It also includes a review of activity in 2008/9.

Comments or suggestions about this year's Plan are invited from any stakeholder or interested party. Please see out Contacts page for various way to let us know what you think.

Gosport Borough Council has introduced a system of public access to our food inspection ratings known as Safe2eat. From the 13th June the public will be able to check on the food safety compliance of all food businesses in the Borough as assessed during routine inspections. The score is based on national guidelines issued by the Food Standards Agency and rates premises as Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory or Excellent. The majority of premises are rated as satisfactory, those premises rated as unsatisfactory will be subject to enhanced enforcement procedures to improve compliance.