Environmental Health Services
This division provides service to local authorities, many of which choose to use Food and Health Standards to carry out environmental health and monitoring functions, with an emphasis on competence and cost efficiency.
Some of the key Environmental Health services provided by food and Health Standards to local authorities include:
- Licensing and assessment of Offensive Trade operators
- Drinking water supplies assessment, monitoring, testing and WINZ database management. Individual audits of water supplies with regards to sanitary surveys and Public Health Risk Management Programmes for drinking water schemes and supplies
- Recreational water supplies monitoring, testing and emergency procedures.
- Nuisances - air, land and water.
- Public Health and general nuisance complaints.
- Food safety advisory services and complaints.
- Registration, inspection and surveillance of hairdressing premises, offensive trades and camping grounds.
- Auditing of local authority building control systems under the BCA.
- Sewage disposal and sludge sites management.
- Refuse disposal.
- Noise control and acoustics (including reporting and assessments).
- Liquor licensing Inspector Role and DLA functions including all administration.
- Contaminated sites and hazardous substances.
- Trade Waste assessments and sanitary assessments of private and council owned schemes / supplies.
- General service requests and requests for information in all disciplines.
- Public health surveys.
- Assessment and auditing of land use consents under the Resource Management Act (1991), from a public health perspective.
- ssessment of sewage treatment systems and monitoring of compliance.
- Assessments of refuse sites and monitoring of compliance.
- Licensing and assessment of Offensive Trade operators.
- Public health and assistance with adverse events and civil defence emergencies.
Food and Health Standards provides public and school swimming pool monitoring and training services, which involves:
- Assessment of the management practices.
- Swimming pool management.
- Assessment and training of pool operators, including water quality monitoring.
- Assessment of pool water quality and treatment.
- Environmental health assessment and advice.
Food & Health Standards (2006) Ltd’s proven track record of success in all disciplines of environmental health & public safety, they include (but not limited to) the following:
- Dramatic increase in standards of food hygiene and a general appreciation of risks including risk management by food premises.
- Proven leader in the field of food safety, hazard analysis and the implementation of food control plans, which will shape and mould the domestic food industry for the foreseeable future.
- Rapid response to service delivery and complaints.
- Proven success in dealing with complaints and service requests within the stipulated key performance indicators.
- Successful prosecutions under Sale of Liquor Act 1989 and Resource Management Act 1991.
- Greater awareness regarding risk minimisation from infectious disease organisms, prevention and control.
- Availability 365 days per year and 24 hours per day with dedicated officers who can respond rapidly to any given situation or provide necessary advice to resolve / diffuse certain situations.
- Recognition and respect from other agencies – Police, Councillors, Medical Officer of Health, Liquor Licensing Authority, Doctors and Health Service Sectors.
- Respect and recognition form members of the public regarding effective resolution of complaints, provision of information, service requests, and general advice.
- Proven leader and advocate for Local Authorities at forums, meetings and conferences.