Issue - meetings

The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its appendix and make the following resolution as set out below:

That Cabinet approve the discretionary food safety fees and charges for 2020-21 for food hygiene rating revisits, advice for new and existing businesses and food export health certificates, as set out in the Appendix of this report.

RESOLVED

That the discretionary food safety fees and charges for 2020-21 for food hygiene rating revisits, advice for new and existing business and food export certificates, as set out in the Appendix to the report be approved.

Mrs Plant introduced the report. She explained that the proposed changes are based on cost recovery only. The three areas affected are:

·         Food Hygiene Rating Scheme revisits for businesses scoring less than 5

·         Advice to new and existing businesses for up to a two hour visit and follow up report

·         Export Health Certificates which applies to fish and fish export products post Brexit

Mrs Plant confirmed that advice has been issued to new and existing customers but at present it is unknown what demand there will be for the new Export Health Certificate service.

Mr Brightmore confirmed that any establishment selling food is included.

Decision

The Cabinet then voted to make the resolution below:

RESOLVED

That the discretionary food safety fees and charges for 2020-21 for food hygiene rating revisits, advice for new and existing business and food export certificates, as set out in the Appendix to the report be approved.