Food Safety

Enfield Council is responsible for maintaining standards in all aspects of food. We work with businesses to ensure that all food and drink produced, stored, sold or supplied in Enfield is safe to eat.

We do this by:

• Carrying out regular inspections of food businesses
• Promoting food safety management systems in food businesses, and providing advice, support and training to food business operators
• Investigating food poisoning associated with businesses in Enfield
• Investigating serious food poisoning complaints by consumers in Enfield and complaints about food premises
• Carrying out a yearly food sampling programme
• Taking action in response to food alerts issued by the Food Standards Agency
• Taking action when a food business operator fails to comply with the law
• Carrying out activities to educate food handlers and consumers