Our food safety team

We work closely with food businesses to make sure they operate safely by following food safety legislation and hygiene standards. 

We are responsible for:

• enforcing food safety legislation in around 880 premises
• registering new food businesses and maintaining a current register of food businesses
• approving establishments that require approval and ensuring these are listed on the FSA website
• following up complaints about food sold or manufactured and concerns about food hygiene in the district  
• taking samples of food, water and the environment for microbiological examination and chemical analysis
• providing advice to the council's Markets team and to event managers
• producing a Food Safety Service Plan

If you are a business within East Cambridgeshire, and would like more advice, please email foodandsafety@eastcambs.gov.uk  or call 01353 665555.