§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many inspections of food premises have been carried out by each local authority in Wales under the Food Safety Act 1990; and how many of such inspections have resulted in(a) the issuing of improvement and emergency prohibition notices, (b) informal warning letters or (c) the voluntary closure of companies.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesAt present information is available only for 1991. This is given in the following table1.
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Number of establishments subject to Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Issue of improvement and emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (Voluntary and compulsory) Lliw Valley 180 24 166 0 Meironnydd3 155 28 107 0 Merthyr Tydfil3 169 13 137 6 Monmouth 227 50 39 1 Montgomeryshire 475 188 235 2 Neath 411 72 57 0 Newport3 368 66 209 0 Ogwr3 231 108 142 0 Port Talbot 329 11 72 0 Preseli Pembrokeshire 1,220 26 281 2 Radnor3 210 58 39 0 Rhondda 413 83 137 1 Rhuddlan3 156 24 13 0 Rhymney Valley 214 31 158 4 South Pembrokeshire3 144 70 23 2 Swansea3 396 157 262 0 Taff Ely3 227 74 219 0 Torfaen3 212 15 60 0 Vale of Glamorgan3 444 2 87 0 Wrexham Maelor 293 124 97 1 Ynys Môn3 541 61 255 1 Port health authorities4 Barry3 23 0 0 0 Beaumaris 15 0 0 0 Caernarfon Nil return—Arfon BC act as port health authority for Caernarfon Cardiff3 1 0 0 0 Chester3 Nil return Milford 2,186 0 11 0 Newport3 63 0 0 0 Swansea3 700 0 40 0 1 These statistics cover work carried out by local authorities under the Food Safety Act 1990, regulations made under it and the Official Control of Foodstuffs Directive. They exclude: meat hygiene inspections carried out under EC veterinary legislation; milk hygiene inspections of production plants; inspections carried out by the Wine Standards Board under EC wine legislation. 2 The number of food hygiene and food standards inspections covers: inspection of premises; inspection of equipment including cleaning and maintenance equipment; inspection of a process or operational procedure; inspection of the hygiene or practices of personnel; inspection of food (including ingredients, additives and products at any stage of manufacture) or contact materials; inspection of labels, labelling equipment and advertising matter and/or inspection of records. These figures exclude all other visits eg revisits to check compliance with notices, sampling visits and visits to follow up complaints. 3 Excludes figures for first quarter of 1991. This was only required on a voluntary basis. 4 For port health authorities this includes the number of consignments and of number of ships kitchens inspected.