Scottish campaigners receive major international award from the World Health Organization
- 31 May 2018
ASH Scotland, the national charity tackling smoking and health, has won a major international award on World No Tobacco Day (31 May 2018) for its work improving Scotland’s health. The World No Tobacco Day Award is given by the World Health Organization to a select few groups each year. ASH Scotland has received it following […]
Health inspectors in Tonga play the Food Hygiene Game
- 24 May 2018
The Food Hygiene Game, a training resource approved by REHIS, which we originally reported on in an article in Januaryhas made its way to Tonga. Focus Games, the developer of the game, donated three free games to the REHIS president and IEHF representatives to take to the 15th World Congress on Environmental Health in Auckland, New […]
Fight against throwaway culture- Scottish Government expert panel to tackle plastic pollution
- 21 May 2018
Experts from retail, the waste and chemical industries, the public sector and academia have joined a Scottish Government panel tackling plastic pollution. The government has also appointed current Electoral Commissioner Dame Sue Bruce as chair of the Expert Panel on Environmental Charges and Other Measures, a group that will provide advice on dealing with disposable […]
National climate change vulnerability and risk assessments in Europe
- 21 May 2018
A report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) is the first review of how the 33 EEA member countries (including the 28 European Union Member States) have assessed the risks from climate change, and how they used this information in developing adaptation policies to address these risks. The purpose of the report is to share […]
Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance published
- 21 May 2018
The Local Air Quality Management Policy Guidance for Scotland’s local authorities has been updated. The guidance has been revised to take account of changes to industrial emissions legislation and requirements. The guidance is intended to help local authorities with their local air quality management duties under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995. It sets […]
Norovirus and Hepatitis E Scottish surveillance reports published
- 21 May 2018
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) Gastrointestinal and Zoonoses team have published two surveillance reports for Norovirus and Hepatitis E. In 2017, HPS received 866 laboratory reports of norovirus (NV), a rate of 16.3 per 100,000. This was a decrease of 683 (44.1%) on the 1549 reports received in 2016 and was the lowest number of reports over the […]
New environmental law to deliver a green Brexit
- 21 May 2018
The UK government has confirmed a new Environmental Principles and Governance Bill will ensure environmental protections will not be weakened as Britain leaves the EU. A consultation started on 10th May on the contents of the Environmental Principles and Governance Bill, which will establish a world-leading body to hold government to account for environmental outcomes. The […]
Glasgow takeaways encouraged to improve nutritional quality of menu
- 21 May 2018
Food businesses in Glasgow are being encouraged to improve the overall nutritional quality of food on sale by signing up to the Glasgow Food Pledge. Participation in the Glasgow Food Pledge, which is operated by Glasgow City Council Environmental Health, asks that food businesses make three changes to their practices such as: Reducing portion size Changing the […]
Aberdeenshire Council secures prosecution after man crushed to death
- 16 May 2018
An Aberdeenshire based gunsmith and clay pigeon shooting company was fined £6,000 on Friday 11 May, after the death of a 55-year-old man in Findon, Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen Sherriff Court heard that in November 2014 David Sinclair Paterson was working within an agricultural type storage shed at Seals Cove Shooting Ground, Earnsheugh Bay, Findon, when he […]
Scotland aims to halve childhood obesity by 2030
- 14 May 2018
First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans to halve childhood obesity in Scotland by 2030 as she met celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. The Scottish Government will set the target in its Healthy Weight and Diet plan, due to be published this summer. The First Minister announced the move as she met the celebrity chef, who […]
Scotland leads the way in tackling alcohol- related harm
- 14 May 2018
Scotland has become the first country in the world to implement minimum unit pricing for alcohol. New legislation brought into force on 1st May sets a minimum 50 pence per unit price to tackle the damage caused by cheap, high strength alcohol. Research shows that the move is expected to save 392 lives in the […]
Operation Opson- European wide action against fraudulent practices in the tuna fish industry
- 14 May 2018
During OPSON VII, an EU coordinated action was run with the support of the EU Food Fraud Network across 11 European countries in order to detect fraudulent practices pertaining to tuna fish. This was the first time that such an action was carried out on a specific product. The illicit practices included substitution and fraudulently […]
