Local authority audits published

Monday 18 August 2008

The Agency’s local authority audit reports for Ashford, Bromsgrove, Chorley, East Renfrewshire and Scarborough are now available online.

As part of the Agency's local authority audit scheme we publish a report of the audit.

To date the Agency's local authority audit scheme has included 13 different types of audit.

• full audit – looks at local authorities' food law enforcement services
• food sampling focused audit – looks at arrangements for food sampling by local authorities
• formal enforcement focused audit – looks at formal enforcement action
• database management audits – looks at arrangements for food premises database management, food premises inspections and internal monitoring
• internal monitoring focused audits – looks at arrangements for internal monitoring and third party/peer review, including inter-authority audits (IAA)
• internal monitoring focused audits – looks at arrangements for internal monitoring and third party/peer review, including inter-authority audits
• statistical monitoring focused audits – looks at arrangements for providing statistical monitoring returns on food law enforcement activity
• Home Authority Principle focused audits – looks at Home Authority (the local authority where the relevant decision making base of an enterprise is located) arrangements, advice to business and food and feeding stuffs safety and standards promotion
• re-approval of coldstores audits – looks at food law enforcement activities in respect of standalone coldstores
• Specified Risk Material (SRM) controls audit – to ensure that the SRM and vertebral column official controls currently in place are still effective
• food standards law enforcement audits – looks at arrangements for activities relating to food standards enforcement
• food disease arrangements audit – to ensure that suitable arrangements for the control and investigations of food disease outbreaks were in place.
• imported feed and food control audit –to ensure local authorities are accurate in assessing local import trade and the appropriateness of the controls in place