west midlands cieh - 9th december 2015

we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company

Does this cake contain adulterated ingredients?Is it safe to eat?

& how might we know?


tackling food crime . . .

updates on what’s going on

food crime: The Musical

Elliott Review Birmingham


food safety & the FHRS

Revealed: The Birmingham restaurants and takeaways rated ZERO for food hygiene

Birmingham restaurant Turners sees hygiene rating graded good for the first time in two yearsSee the best and worst food hygiene

ratings in Bullring BirminghamFood safety chief says Birmingham residents shouldn’t be told about dirt or rat infested takeaways


food safety & the FHRS

setting out our agenda: what we’re doing

2015 Annual MeetingCatherine Brown, Mark Rogers

+ our FHRS project

& . . .


“Given [the] wide range of demands on the Service and the limited information provided in the latest Enforcement Plan, auditors were unable to confidently establish whether the resources currently provided to the Service were sufficient to meet all the Authority’s statutory duties, or what the impact and implications of any shortfall would be, including potential impacts on consumer protection and reputational risk to the Authority.”

FSA audit of Birmingham City CouncilApril 2015


“Given [the] wide range of demands on the Service and the limited information provided in the latest Enforcement Plan, auditors were unable to confidently establish whether the resources currently provided to the Service were sufficient to meet all the Authority’s statutory duties, or what the impact and implications of any shortfall would be, including potential impacts on consumer protection and reputational risk to the Authority.”

11.5 FTE — 1.1M inhabitants7607 registered businesses~500 new food businesses per year

Birmingham City labs? Public Analyst?

issue #1Fragility of the UK’s current food safety & integrity systems

FSA audit of Birmingham City CouncilApril 2015

issue #2Food insecurity in the UK

drivers of emergency food aid



issue #3: climate change & agricultural yields


issue 4: population & demographic change

Population increase puts pressure on food production

including on land availabilityto meet expected demand, 70-100% more food neededand there’s no more arable land . . .

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“food safety and food security are interrelated”

Feast or famine:Business insurance implications of food safety & food

securityLloyds of London (2013)


The Cumbrian floods story

The Mondelez tax story

P.S. It’s more than land . . .agriculture needs soil, energy & water


The UK population is currently 64.5M . . . having been 30M in 1900 & 9M in 1800

The UK is food scarce: it imports ~40% of its food . . . in 1939, it imported 70%

The UK is water-scarce: you eat 3496 litres of water everyday

The product range of four of the world’s top ten ‘food’ and beverage companies carries standard-rate VAT in the UK*

The global world population has tripled in my life-time, and will rise from today’s 7.5 billion to an estimated 10 billion by 2050

* In the UK food is VAT-exempt, except for products listed with zero or very low nutritional value


& . . . next steps for us


What’s past is prologue:what to come in your and my

dischargeThe Tempest: Act 2, Scene 1