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This report refers to the annual Food Safety Service Plan, which each local authority is required to produce in line with the Food Standards Agency Framework Agreement on Local Authority Food Law Enforcement.  The Plan demonstrates to the Agency that Fareham has sufficient arrangements in place to undertake its statutory food safety enforcement responsibilities.

The Food Standards Agency came into operation on 1 April 2000 and is responsible for the directing, monitoring and auditing of local authorities’ work in respect of food law enforcement.  The Agency requires local authorities to produce an annual Food Safety Service Plan, in line with guidance issued by the Agency, for delivery of its Food Safety Service. The Food Standards Agency requires each authority to produce a Food Safety Service Plan that details the food enforcement service that the Council provides and which should be approved by the Council and reviewed annually. This plan was presented to the Public Protection Policy Development and Review Panel on 12 March 2013. The Food Safety Plan is one of the Council’s Framework Strategies that requires annual approval by full Council.

Appendix A to this report contains the Council's proposed Food Safety Service Plan for 2013/14.