Environmental health - commercial

There are new legal requirements for food businesses in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. Islington Council is implementing Government instructions and legal requirements to help keep everyone safe.

The commercial environmental health team is responsible for ensuring that:

food is safe to eat
workplaces are safe and work activities are carried out safely
smokefree public places legislation is enforced
business premises do not cause a nuisance to their neighbours

To ensure that food is safe to eat, the team:

works with businesses to ensure that all food sold, produced, stored or handled in the 2000 premises operating in Islington, is safe to eat
inspects over 1000 food premises each year
investigates complaints about food bought in the borough
takes food samples for laboratory assessment
provides training and advice to food businesses

To ensure that workplaces are safe and work activities are carried out safely, we:

share enforcement responsibility with the Health and Safety Executive on the 5000 commercial premises in Islington
work with employers to ensure that workplaces and work activities are safe
visit approximately 400 workplaces each year to ensure that premises comply with health and safety at work requirements
prioritise our work to contribute to the national priorities to reduce accidents and ill health caused by slips, trips and falls, lifting, carrying and other activities which cause a strain on the body; working at heights, stress, asbestos, exposure to chemicals and irritants causing dermatitis, occupational asthma etc; workplace transport
investigate serious workplace accidents and complaints from employees and the public

To ensure that business premises don’t cause a nuisance to their neighbours, we:

investigate complaints from neighbours about smells, putrescible waste and other public health hazards
work with businesses to remedy the nuisance

To ensure that the smokefree public places legislation is enforced, we:

have a lead officer available to provide expert advice
work with the PCT

All complaints are investigated in accordance with the Regulators’ Compliance Code and Enforcement Concordat. There is also a Public Protection Enforcement policy which you can view in related documents below.

Contact

Commercial Environmental Health Service
Public Protection Division, Islington Council, 222 Upper Street London N1 1XR

Tel: 020 7527 3816 Fax: 020 7527 3057

Email: commercial.envh@islington.gov.uk

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