Our service
We aim to provide a customer focused
Environmental Health Service which responds to the needs of our
customers in a fair, equitable and consistent manner within our
legal framework and resources.
Services we provide
Prevention or control of:
- food poisoning, food and water borne
illness
- sale of unfit food
- ill health caused by air pollution
- ill health due to contaminated water
supplies
- noise pollution
- public health nuisance
- unsafe and unhealthy working conditions
- unsatisfactory environmental health conditions
using licensing and registration
- harm due to contaminated land
This is done by a combination of enforcement
and advice. When enforcement is necessary we aim to do this in a
manner which is open, helpful, consistent and appropriate to the
risk involved.
Scores on the Doors Rating System
On 11 June 2007 all six district councils in
Cumbria joined a major web-based information campaign to promote
food safety.
The six authorities are uploading information
about their food hygiene inspections from 1 January
2007 onto a national Scores on the Doors website aimed at
promoting good practice within the food industry. View
more information about the Scores on the
Doors rating system.
All information to be published is in line with
requirements made under the Freedom of Information Act, which came
into force on 1 January 2005.
Listeria - Safe Storage of Sliced Cooked Meats
A 2007 survey by environmental health units and the Health
Protection Agency in the north west found a small percentage of
freshly sliced cooked meats to be contaminated with low levels of
listeria monocytogenes on their day of purchase.
A leaflet providing straightforward information on the safe
storage of sliced cooked meats and the press release issued by
Health Protection Agency North West can be downloaded at the bottom
of this page. The principal advice is to consume cooked sliced
meats within 2 days of purchase. To view more guidance on listeria
for retailers and consumers please see the downloadable documents
section of the Food Hygiene Information
Leaflets page of this website.
Customer Feedback
To improve the quality of our service regular customer surveys
are carried out in a confidential manner. Please see the
Customer Feedback page for details.
Guide to environmental health services in audio format
Listen to the
audio guide to environmental health services (Windows
Media Audio format).