coronavirus lockdowns.Often selling through social media and other informal networks and apps, the CIEH said that many are not registering as food businesses, meaning local authorities cannot check hygiene and food standards.The CIEH said the coronavirus pandemic has already put local authority, and environmental health teams, under considerable strain with resources close to breaking point.
As such, Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPs) are having to focus on those businesses that pose the greatest risk.New figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and data from an online registration system used by nearly 200 local authorities, show that around 44 per cent of food businesses started since the first lockdown are.
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