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The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to note the Audit report findings and the associated Action Plan as set out in Appendix A;

(ii)          to note the update on current progress following the Audit report findings detailed in Appendix B;

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to provide the Committee with a progress update of the audit “Action Plan” on 5 September 2023 detailed in Appendix B; and

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to report back to the Committee with the “Annual Service Plan” report that details future service delivery, for Food law interventions, considering the Food Standards Scotland Audit findings.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services, which presented the findings of the recent Food Standards Scotland’s Audit, at Aberdeen City Council (ACC), of the Local Authority implementation of Interventions Food Law Code of Practice (Scotland) Food Law Enforcement Services and provided details on the actions for Protective Services to address through their audit recommendations.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)            notes the Audit report findings and the associated Action Plan as set out in Appendix A;

(b)            notes the update on current progress following the Audit report findings detailed in Appendix B;

(c)             instructs the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to provide the Committee with a progress update of the audit “Action Plan” on 5 September 2023 detailed in Appendix B; and

(d)            instructs the Chief Officer – Operations and Protective Services to report back to the Committee with the “Annual Service Plan” report that details future service delivery, for Food law interventions, considering the Food Standards Scotland Audit findings.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.