| Food Establishments Which Are Broadly Compliant with Food Hygiene |
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To protect public health by ensuring food is safe and fit to eat by monitoring local authorities' performance in increasing compliance in food establishments with food law. This is a proxy indicator which measures effectiveness of local authority food safety interventions on food safety compliance as opposed to measuring inputs such as inspections. Food hygiene was identified as a national regulatory priority in the recent Rogers Review recommendations which were accepted in full by the government. The percentage of food establishments within the local authority area which are 'broadly compliant' with food law. The definition of a food establishment is defined in the general food law regulation (EC) No 178/2002 as 'any undertaking, whether for profit or not and whether public or private, carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing and distribution of food.'
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2008/2009 |
621 |
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2009/2010 |
649 |
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