Food hygiene and safety

We aim to improve and enforce standards of food hygiene, health and safety in food premises within the borough.

In order to do this, we:

• Inspect local food businesses to enforce standards of cleanliness and good hygiene practices
• Investigate complaints about hygiene or contaminated foods (e.g. glass, metal, insects)
• Randomly sample purchase foods to test the quality and safety
• Investigate cases of food poisoning
• Run a National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme in conjunction with other Local Authorities in Leicestershire

Food Enforcement Policy

The purpose of the following document is to state the Authority's general policy with respect to food hygiene and safety law enforcement to business in our area:

• Food Enforcement Policy (Revised 2023) (PDF Document, 0.2 Mb)

The policy is based on the principles of:

• proportionality (to secure compliance)
• consistency (of approach)
• targeting (of enforcement action)
• transparency (of methods and organisation)

All food hygiene and safety enforcement action will be taken in line with this policy and the Regulators' Code.

• Food Sampling Policy 2023 (Word Document, 0.1 Mb)

Food Law Enforcement Plan 2024-25

The document below is the council's Food Law Enforcement Plan for 2024-25:

• Food Law Enforcement Plan 2024-25 (PDF Document, 0.93 Mb)

Food Team Annual Report 2023-24

The document below highlights the achievements and work of the food team over the last 12 months. 

• Food Team Annual Report 2023-24 (PDF Document, 1.01 Mb)