Sampling
Officers from the Environment Directorate undertake various routine sampling on a regular basis detailed in the Directorate's Food Sampling Policy.
These activities are usually coordinated surveys as part of a Greater Manchester and Lancashire wide programme. Samples of food or the environment (swabs) are submitted to the Health Protection Agency's laboratory for analysis to check the microbiological quality (and to ensure that there are no food poisoning germs in the food).
The outcome from all the sampling work undertaken between 1999 to 2007 can be found using the bulleted list on the top left hand side of this page. These pages include detailed reports for the majority of the surveys completed.
Some of the samples are purchased from shops as a regular customer unknown to the proprietor and includes evening sampling. Recent surveys include: cooked meat, sandwiches, poultry and take away meals..
On other occasions the officers from the Environment Directorate will identify themselves to the premises in order to take the samples, obtain further details and check the storage conditions and temperatures.
Examples of these are environmental swabbing of surfaces, vanilla slices and cooked rice.
Environmental Agency Sampling
The Radioactive Substances Act 1993 provides for the public access to Environmental Information. The Environment Agency commissions independent radiological monitoring of food, indicator materials and dose rates, to ensure that any radioactivity in food does not compromise food safety.
The Environment Agency , the Environment & Heritage Service, the Food Standards Agency & the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency publish the results for 2004.
A copy of the report , Radioactivity in Food and the Environment, 2005 is available for viewing at the FSA website.
or by contacting:
Salford City Council
Environmental Health
Turnpike House
631 Eccles New Road
SALFORD
M5 2SH
Tel: 0161 737 0551
Email: environment@salford.gov.uk
Downloadable documents
- Sampling Programme September to December 2008 (Microsoft Word format, 113kb)
- Sampling Programme May 2008 -August 2008 (Microsoft Word format, 138kb)
- Sampling Programme May 2007 to April 2008 (Adobe PDF format, 83kb)
- Sampling Programme January to April 2007 (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Sampling Programme September to December 2006 (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Sampling Programme May to August 2006 (Adobe PDF format, 76kb)
- Sampling Programme January to April 2006 (Adobe PDF format, 71kb)
- Sampling Programme September to December 2005 (Adobe PDF format, 72kb)
- Sampling Programme May - August 2005 (Adobe PDF format, 71kb)
- Sampling Programme Jan - April 2005 (Microsoft Word format, 70kb)\
- Sampling programme Sept - Dec 2004 (Microsoft Word format, 70kb)
- Sampling programme May-Aug 2004 (Microsoft Word format, 70kb)
- Sampling programme: Jan-April 2004 (Rich Text format, 1.8mb)
- Sampling programme: Sept-Dec 2003 (Rich Text format, 382kb)
- Sampling programme: May-Aug 2003 (Microsoft Word format, 47kb)
- Sampling programme: Jan-Apr 2003 (Microsoft Word format, 33kb)
- Sampling programme: Sept-Dec 2002 (Microsoft Word format, 46kb)
- A guide to the microbiological quality of food samples (Adobe PDF format, 105kb)
- Guidance for the Sampling and Examination of Milk and Cream, revised October 2008 (Microsoft Word format, 214kb)
- Food Sampling Policy (Microsoft Word format, 48kb)
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This page was last updated on 17 November 2008
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