Friday 6th December 2013

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Regulation

Cornwall cuts environmental health services

Tom Wall04/12/2013 - 13:00

Cornwall council has approved plans to cut environmental health staff, cease preventive work in the private rented sector and scrap its out-of-hours noise service as part of efforts to save £43m.

Food Safety

Early success for Welsh food rating scheme

Stuart Spear04/12/2013 - 12.00

Early signs are that food outlets across Wales are complying with the new mandatory food hygiene rating laws that came into force last Thursday.

Housing

Government scraps fuel poverty target

Tom Wall04/12/2013 - 13:00

Joan Walley has urged the government not to abolish the legal duty to end fuel poverty by 2016 and keep funding energy efficiency.

Public Health

CIEH supports packaging review

Stuart Spear04/12/2013 - 12.00

The public health community is backing a cigarette packaging review following government support for enabling legislation on new packaging controls.

Public Health

E-cigs pose health risk similar to ‘alcopops’

Stuart Spear04/12/2013 - 12.00

Cancer Research UK calls for the protection of children from e-cigarette marketing in an ‘anarchic’ market as companies compete for profits.

Regulation

It’s good to talk

Toby Thorp04/12/2013 - 13:00

Enforcing authorities can be wary of primary authorities. But Toby Thorp, joint primary authority lead for Virgin Active and CBRE, argues EHPs need to learn to talk to each other.

Food Safety

Butcher given suspended sentence

Tom Wall04/12/2013 - 13:00

A rural butcher who was planning to sell a putrid pork loin coved in mould has been given a suspended prison sentence and fined £4500.

Food Safety

Charging limits may ‘undermine’ food safety inspections

Stuart Spear20/11/2013 - 12.00

Port health and primary authorities could be facing severe funding cuts if EU proposals to restrict charges to businesses when implementing food hygiene controls come into force.