Environmental Health Officers

Food safety

Zero hygiene rating for pub with encrusted fly killer and E.coli

13-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

A heavily “encrusted” electronic fly killer, the presence of E.coli and a lack of hand-washing facilities has left an historic Northamptonshire pub with the lowest food hygiene rating.

Sixty customers taken ill after norovirus outbreak at pub

21-Apr-2016 By Oli Gross

A pub was closed and disinfected after 60 customers and staff suffered vomiting and diarrhoea after visiting the venue.

Make Some Noise: Planning 'to blame' for noise disputes says CIEH

27-Nov-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Disputes between publicans and residents over noise is a fault of weakened planning controls not noise legislation, the principal policy officer at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has claimed.

Take precautions to avoid noise nuisance complaints

22-May-2012

There are operators who have experienced uncomfortable discussions with environmental health officers about a neighbour’s complaint of noise nuisance and even been threatened with an abatement notice.

Licensing Law: Bog standards

03-Feb-2011

Towards the end of last year I reported that an increasing number of Environmental Health Officers were asking applicants for new premises licences...

National 'Scores on the Doors' scheme set for 2009

13-Nov-2008

Pubs can expect a national Scores on the Doors scheme, giving consumers details of hygiene rankings given by environmental health officers (EHOs), to...

Pubs reeling from enforcement rise

16-Oct-2008 By Andrew Pring

Licensees are facing increasing pressure from local authorities, environmental health officers, police and even residents. And reviews of pub...

Not all plain sailing

24-Apr-2008

Shrewsbury-based Shading by Design has a different story to tell than Breeze House when it comes to gaining planning approval. Director Tony Reynolds...

EHO shortage threatens food safety

09-Nov-2005

A national shortage of environmental health officers (EHOs) could have serious consequences for food safety.While the news may not cause red...

Food safety: whose responsibility is it?

30-Jun-2005

Periodically, when food poisoning outbreaks hit the headlines, the public gets understandably outraged about the issue. Television documentary series...

Spirit fined after food hygiene prosecution

21-Feb-2005

Spirit Group has been fined a total of £12,000 after environmental health officers found food unfit for human consumption at one of its pubs.The...

Trade slams scores on doors'

23-Sep-2004

Pub chefs may have to visibly post the results of food inspections under proposals by environmental health officers. At the recent annual conference...

Concern as plans to give EHOs power to close pubs are unveiled

03-Apr-2003

Proposals to give Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) the powers to shut down noisy and rowdy pubs could spell trouble for licensees.Under the new...

EHOs: scrap voluntary charter for tougher smoking legislation

09-Jul-2002

Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) are pressurising the government to get rid of the industry's voluntary code on smoking and introduce tougher...

Safe food storage

21-Nov-2001

Storage is one of the most likely places for food contamination to occur - and environmental health officers will pay close attention to the way food...