The Food Safety Team aim to protect the health of all people by ensuring food and drink available in our Borough is safe to consume.

What we do

  • Provide advice and information on food safety and labelling
  • Carry out food inspections in the borough and take enforcement action where necessary
  • Investigate complaints about food and hygiene standards in food businesses
  • Investigate infectious diseases and serious cases of food poisoning
  • Respond to food alerts about potentially unsafe food, from the Food Standards Agency
  • Carry out programmed food sampling from businesses to ensure the food they provide is safe and correctly labelled
  • Keep a public register of all food businesses in the borough
  • Hold regular food hygiene training courses
  • Issue premises approvals for certain food operations

» View the register of food premises in Waltham Forest

Food Law Enforcement Service Plan