Annual report for Public Water Supplies published

  • 21 September 2023

Drinking Water Quality Regulator (DWQR) have published the 2022 Annual Reports for Public Water Supplies. In 2022, Scottish Water carried out a total of 297,284 regulatory tests on Scotland’s drinking water withnumerical standards and many more for operational reasons such as following a burst main. Of the 139,971 tests taken to represent water at consumers […]

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Notice of the Institute’s 23rd Annual General Meeting

  • 20 September 2023

Notice is hereby given that the Institute’s Annual General Meeting will be held in hybrid format on Friday 17 November 2023 at 2.00pm at at the Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 16 St Mary’s Street, Edinburgh EH1 1SU, or remotely by MS Teams. Members will receive further details included with their AGM papers which will […]

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FSA publishes updates to best practice guidance on food allergen labelling

  • 19 September 2023

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published updates to their best practice guidance on food allergen labelling. This best practice technical guidance aims to support food businesses when applying allergen labelling, whilst helping to keep consumers safe. The update supports the FDFChange Management of Allergen Information guidance (Opens in a new window), also published today.  The FSA technical guidance is recommending […]

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Leading the charge against food crime

  • 19 September 2023

Ron McNaughton, Head of Food Standards Scotland’s Food Crime and Incidents Unit, explains to New Food Magazine, how it is tackling food crime. In 2013 Europe witnessed one of its most infamous cases of food crime when a huge amount of products, including burgers, were discovered to contain horse meat. But what is food crime […]

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World Environmental Health Day – 26 September 2023

  • 18 September 2023

Every year, 26 September is marked as World Environmental Health Day across the globe. World Environmental Health Day is observed to raise awareness regarding the significance of the health of our environment. The theme for the 2023 is “Global Environmental Public Health: Standing up to protect everyone’s Health each and every day”. The theme reflects the […]

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Single use vapes ban considered

  • 14 September 2023

The Scottish Government plan to consult on plans to ban the sale of single-use e-cigarettes (also known as vapes), following the announcement of their Programme for Government. The Programme for Government outlines a commitment to take action to reduce vaping among non-smokers and young people and to tackle the environmental impact of single-use vapes, including […]

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REHIS News – August 2023

  • 3 September 2023

Health and Safety Update The annual health and safety update will take place on the morning of Wednesday 6 September, through MS Teams. Places are still available. Details of the programme for the morning and a link to the booking form can be found here REHIS Annual Health and Safety Update – REHIS Northern and Southern […]

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THE MARTIN KEELEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2023

  • 2 September 2023

Protecting and improving public health is a fundamental objective of Environmental Health and the work of both REHIS and SOCOEHS. Recognising the contributions of our colleague, Martin Keeley, who sadly passed away in 2022, an award has been established to recognise individuals, groups or organisations for actions which have significantly promoted or improved Environmental Health […]

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Retained EU Law Act – updated material on Scottish Government position

  • 24 August 2023

The Scottish Government have published updated material on the UK Government’s Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. On 29 June 2023, the UK Government’s Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 received Royal Assent. The Scottish Government opposes the Act, which puts vital protections at risk, threatens to undermine the devolution settlement, […]

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David Lloyd fined £2.5m after three-year-old drowns in pool

  • 24 August 2023

David Lloyd Leisure Club Limited has pleaded guilty to a health and safety offence after a three-year-old boy accidentally drowned in a pool at the company’s leisure club in Moortown, Leeds in April 2018. The company was fined £2.55m and ordered to pay £258,355 in costs at Leeds Crown Court. The successful prosecution, taken by […]

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Gas Safety Week: Fighting for a Gas Safe Nation

  • 24 August 2023

Gas Safety Week 2023 is taking place 11 – 17 September. Gas Safety Week is an annual safety week to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your gas appliances. It is coordinated by Gas Safe Register, the official list of gas engineers who are legally allowed to work on gas.   Badly fitted […]

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