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?
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
tackling food crime . . .
updates on what’s going on
food crime: The Musical
Elliott Review Birmingham
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
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
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
food safety & the FHRS
setting out our agenda: what we’re doing
2015 Annual MeetingCatherine Brown, Mark Rogers
+ our FHRS project
& . . .
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
“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
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
“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
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
issue #3: climate change & agricultural yields
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
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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we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
“food safety and food security are interrelated”
Feast or famine:Business insurance implications of food safety & food
securityLloyds of London (2013)
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
The Cumbrian floods story
The Mondelez tax story
P.S. It’s more than land . . .agriculture needs soil, energy & water
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
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
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
& . . . next steps for us
we aim for all our children to enjoy safe, tasty, healthy meals . . . and eat them in good company
What’s past is prologue:what to come in your and my
dischargeThe Tempest: Act 2, Scene 1