Comments on: Asking Cambridge City Council To Routinely Release Results of Food Premises Inspections http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgefood-premises-inspections.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard Taylor http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgefood-premises-inspections.html#comment-44464 Richard Taylor Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:46:25 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2523#comment-44464 A <a href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3985711776365144891&postID=7803185639823285763" rel="nofollow">user called NickW talking about the Scores on the Doors website the Coleridge Conservative blog</a> wrote: <blockquote>I set up the scheme for CCC when I had the misfortune of working for the Banana Republic. The software and supports costs approximately £2500 per annum.</blockquote> At £2500 per year per council for the basic system they're making a shocking amount of money. A user called NickW talking about the Scores on the Doors website the Coleridge Conservative blog wrote:

I set up the scheme for CCC when I had the misfortune of working for the Banana Republic. The software and supports costs approximately £2500 per annum.

At £2500 per year per council for the basic system they’re making a shocking amount of money.

]]> By: Richard http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgefood-premises-inspections.html#comment-27346 Richard Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:21:20 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2523#comment-27346 I think elements of the inspection regime do need improvement; as you say Jeff - filling in forms and checking if the right sticky labels are being used aren't perhaps the key things which it is important for councils to check. I hope that putting more information on what council officers are doing, and what they find, into the public domain will result in changes in what the councils do so that it more closely matches what the public demand and is more effective at keeping restaurants and food shops safe. There are, even in the highly regulated environment of the UK, serious cases of illness associated with food premises; an inspection regime is essential. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7264914.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4600004.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8181106.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3644444.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7927715.stm I think elements of the inspection regime do need improvement; as you say Jeff - filling in forms and checking if the right sticky labels are being used aren’t perhaps the key things which it is important for councils to check.

I hope that putting more information on what council officers are doing, and what they find, into the public domain will result in changes in what the councils do so that it more closely matches what the public demand and is more effective at keeping restaurants and food shops safe.

There are, even in the highly regulated environment of the UK, serious cases of illness associated with food premises; an inspection regime is essential.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7264914.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4600004.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8181106.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3644444.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7927715.stm

]]> By: jeff cole http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/cambridgefood-premises-inspections.html#comment-27336 jeff cole Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:16:16 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2523#comment-27336 i am sick and tired of government job creation schemes such as this,whereby unqualified people such as used in this operation can rate my business,based on whether or not i am filling in forms or sticking on labels.my kitchen is open for everyone to see, in my career i have served over a million meals,without anyone suffering food poisoning, it is actually quite hard to do,if you care in the slightest about your business.i fact the only case ican remember being published was that of heston blumenthal,who managed to take out his entire village!i bet he has 5 stars. i am sick and tired of government job creation schemes such as this,whereby unqualified people such as used in this operation can rate my business,based on whether or not i am filling in forms or sticking on labels.my kitchen is open for everyone to see, in my career i have served over a million meals,without anyone suffering food poisoning, it is actually quite hard to do,if you care in the slightest about your business.i fact the only case ican remember being published was that of heston blumenthal,who managed to take out his entire village!i bet he has 5 stars.

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