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Environmental Health
Gosport Borough Council’s Environmental Health service provides a wide range of support for local businesses and their employees. This includes: health promotion (incorporating advice and guidance on smoking regulations); food hygiene in commercial premises; controlling noise pollution; health and safety enforcement and advice; licensing and pest control.
The service, which works closely with the Food Standards Agency and Environment Agency, has a number of teams that provide a wide range of educational and advisory support. The aim is to help businesses and ensure that the need for enforcement action is minimised.
Food Hygiene
The Food Hygiene team has a duty to ensure that all food that is manufactured, prepared and sold in Gosport is in a condition fit for human consumption. Any business wishing to sell food must register with Environmental Health, click here for a copy of the registration form, or to find out more about what the law requires.
The Council’s Food Hygiene team can advise on all aspects of food hygiene, as well as offering a range of training courses. Contact them on 023 9254 5507.
The Food Standards Agency has produced a useful booklet ‘Starting Up – Your first steps to running a catering business’ for anyone looking for advice on setting up a food-related enterprise. Existing businesses can also get the latest advice and information on food hygiene standards and best practices by visiting the Food Standards’ Agency website.
Food Hygiene starting up leaflet [PDF, 523k]
Health & Safety
The Health and Safety team is responsible for ensuring that health and safety standards are maintained in all commercial premises, care homes and leisure facilities within the Borough. The team carries out periodic inspections of local businesses to ensure that they are providing a safe environment for their employees and customers.
Advice is available to assist business in accident prevention and a comprehensive range of low cost Health Safety training courses are offered by the Council. To get advice from the Health and Safety team telephone 023 9254 5583. Information on training courses can be found on the ‘Training and Events’ page, or by clicking here.
Further information on health and safety legislation can also be obtained by visiting the Health and Safety Executive’s website.
Licensing
Certain types of businesses or events may need to obtain a license and/or require registration with the Borough Council. These include:
- Taxis and private hire vehicles
- Public entertainment
- Street trading
- Pet shops
- Charity collections
- Skin piercing activities
- Sex establishments
This list is not comprehensive so, if you are unsure as to whether you need to register your business or activity, contact the Licensing team on 023 9254 5505 or click here.
