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The Environmental Health Section:

• Is responsible for Food Safety including, advice, and waste management issues arising from food premises
• Is responsible for Food Standards including the composition and labelling of food.
• Carries out Food Hygiene and Food Standards Inspections of all of Clackmannanshire's food businesses. Where necessary, we ensure work is carried out to enable businesses to meet legally required standards of hygiene
• Investigates complaints made to the Council about food standards and hygiene within food businesses
• Investigates complaints of noise or smell from food businesses or licensed premises
• Deals with licence applications for Street Traders
• Investigates reports of Infectious Disease and food poisoning
• Is responsible for Environmental Health aspects of licensing including premises licensed in terms of Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005
• Promotes healthy lifestyles through Health Promotion initiatives
• Carries out routine sampling of food for bacterial and compositional analysis

Information for Consumers

• Food complaints
• Food Hygiene Information Scheme
• Food poisoning
• Infectious diseases
• Food labelling and composition
• Noise or smell from food businesses and licensed premises

Information for Businesses

• Current Initiative & Issues
• Register a Food Business
• Food Premises Approval
• Advice
• Street Traders
• Food Safety Enforcement Policy
• Forms and guidance notes