Service Description: Investigations of food poisoning and food complaints (including both premises and actual food.) Routine programmed inspections of food premises to ensure they meet legislative requirements for food hygiene, safety and standards.
Also known as:- Advice (Food), Complaints (Food), Dirty Food Premises, Food Hygiene
Answer: The Area Health Authority has a responsibility to report any cases of specified infectious diseases to the Council. These specified illnesses include conditions as diverse as actual/suspectedfood poisoning Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers, TB, Meningitis, Anthrax and Rabies. Responsibility for investigation is shared between the CCDC, Environmental Health staff and Infection Control Nurses, based at St Mary’s Hospital. In general terms the council deals mainly with food poisoning type illnesses. You can contact the Environmental Health Dept on 823000/ [email protected]/Jubile Stores, The Quay, Newport, PO30 2EH. The Consultant in Communicable Disease Control can be contacted on 814280.