New food-focused Facebook page

Shropshire is home to many food businesses, from large manufacturers to specialist home caterers and award-winning restaurants.

Shropshire Council’s food safety team is working with these premises across the county to help them meet the highest standards of food hygiene and food safety.

As part of this work, and a commitment to finding new ways to share information and advice, a Shropshire Council Food Safety Facebook page is now available for people in county food and catering industries and members of the public interested in food safety.

The page includes:

• Food safety information including food safety alerts
• Food hygiene inspection ratings of premises
• Details of food safety training and development opportunities

It also provides the opportunity to put questions to the team.

To go to the page, search for ‘Shropshire Food Safety’ on Facebook and ‘Like’ the page.

Councillor Cecilia Motley, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member responsible for environmental health, said:

“Through offering information, advice and training, and inspecting businesses, the team works to ensure that the public can have confidence in the standards of food hygiene and food safety across the county.

“This dedicated Facebook page enables us to make the most of new technologies to increase the ways that people can find out more about food safety. Whether it’s seeking help in making a choice for a restaurant to visit, more general food safety information or getting in contact with the team, we hope lots of people find it useful and enjoy using the page.”

More information on food safety is also available by calling the team on 01743 251855, emailing food@shropshire.gov.uk or going to www.shropshire.gov.uk/environmentalhealth.nsf