Environmental Services Food Safety team provide information and advice to food businesses to help them comply with food safety requirements. They respond to specific requests for information, undertake advice visits and provide a comprehensive range of food safety and health and safety literature. This information is sent free of charge to businesses upon request.

They provide food safety information in other languages (when possible) in order to help non-english speaking businesses comply with food safety legislation, interpreters are also used when necessary.

They also undertake various campaigns during the year these include topics such as home safety, handwashing, no smoking, healthy eating, pest control and general food safety.

They do not currently deliver formal food safety training, but are happy to do short presentations and talks on food safety issues upon request.

A certificate scheme has been introduced, a certificate is sent to every premises following an inspection, listing either all the contravention's found during the inspection, or stating that no contravention's were found. The businesses are invited to display the certificates within their premises.

For further advice, guidance or requests for information please contact the Food Safety team.

Contact Details:

E-mail: environmental.services@tendringdc.gov.uk
Address: Environmental Services, Council Offices, Thorpe Road, Weeley,
Essex, CO16 9AJ
Telephone: 01255 686767