Food: Greater London
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) cautions were issued and (b)(i) prosecutions and (ii) other legal actions were taken by the Food Standards Agency against food producers in (i) Enfield North constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London in each of the last five years.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) undertakes enforcement of food hygiene, food safety and animal welfare legislation at approved food establishments, primarily slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants. Enforcement outside of approved premises is generally undertaken by local authority officers.
The FSA did not issue any cautions in the last five years.
The number of prosecutions taken by the FSA against food producers in Enfield North constituency, the London Borough of Enfield and London in each of the five years since 1 September 2018 is shown in the following table:
Year | Number of prosecutions in Enfield North | Number of prosecutions in London Borough of Enfield | Number of prosecutions in London |
2018/19 (from 1 September 2018) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2019/20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020/21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021/22 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
2022/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023/24 (to 31 August 2023) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The following table shows figures for other legal actions taken by the FSA against food producers, detailing the number of statutory notices issued by the FSA in the period from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2023:
Year | Notices Issued | Number of notices in Enfield North | Number of notices in London Borough of Enfield | Number of notices in London |
2018/19 (from 1 September 2018) | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 1 0 0 | 0 5 1 0 | 0 13 14 0 |
2019/20 | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 0 0 0 | 0 10 1 0 | 2 30 7 1 |
2020/21 | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 0 0 0 | 0 1 0 0 | 1 10 5 2 |
2021/22 | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 2 0 0 | 0 2 1 0 | 1 5 2 2 |
2022/23 | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 1 2 0 | 0 1 2 0 | 0 1 2 2 |
2023/24 (to 31 August 2023) | Animal Welfare Remedial Action Hygiene Improvement Detention / Seizure | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |