Food hygiene and safety

The Food Health Team helps to protect public health and supports food businesses to ensure standards of hygiene and safety are maintained. The team’s day to day functions can include:

Inspection and monitoring of food businesses to check they are complying with food laws
Awarding food hygiene ratings to food businesses to inform customers about the hygiene standards found on inspection
Food sampling to make sure that food sold by businesses is safe to eat
Investigation of complaints about food and food premises
Investigation of notified cases of food poisoning and infectious disease
Provision of advice for food handlers and food businesses
Provision of advice and consultation to other departments and outside bodies such as licensing and planning where food safety may be at risk
Promotion of health and healthy lifestyles

Officers from the Food Health Team routinely inspect over 1800 premises ranging from factories of multi-national companies to small corner shops to make sure that they are complying with standards that are required by law. North East Lincolnshire Council has a higher than average concentration of large manufacturers within its area and as a result its officers have built up a great deal of expertise in dealing with state-of-the-art companies and processes.

Visit the policies and strategies page to view the Food health service plan and the Official Food and Feed Controls Service Plan.

In partnership with the Food Standards Agency, North East Lincolnshire Council is now operating the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.

National food hygiene rating scheme

The hygiene standards in your favourite restaurants, takeaways and food shops.

Legal requirement to register for you food business with the Council at least 28 days before opening.

Food trading laws

Information about Natasha’s Law and the changes to allergen labelling law.