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Summary This is a report to the Senior Environmental Health Practitioner (SEHP)on a routine food hygiene inspection. The report will outline the conditions present in the food establishment that violate the food hygiene legislation and regulations. This report will look at the powers that EPH has and the levels of interventions available. The report will discuss the contraventions and recommend the appropriate level of intervention that must be undertaken to ensure public safety. During the visit, photographs of the conditions in the establishment will be taken to assist in writing the report and giving the necessary interventions. Conclusions and recommendations will be made at the end of the paper. Background The Food Law in the UK is enforced at different levels. Centrally, the Food Standard Agency (FSA) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are mandated with enforcing food regulations. Locally, the food laws are enforced and monitored by the local authorities (FSA 2008, p. 10). The FSA is empowered to strengthen the enforcement of food standards and make sure all the national objectives are fulfilled. It also sets the standards and monitors that all food regulations are adhered to by all businesses. FSA also publishes all information relating to food standards and prepares all regulations connected with food safety. The local authorities mandated with enforcing food regulations in the UK include the councils within England, port health authorities, and unitary authorities in Scotland and Wales (FSA 2008, para. 1). The main food legislations in the UK and Europe include the Food Safety Act 1990, the Food Law Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, the Food Hygiene Regulations 2006, and the Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 (FSA 2007, p. 5). All these acts aim at ensuring that public health and consumers’ food interests are protected. These regulations guarantee that food is safe, fits for human consumption, and cannot cause any health hazards. The regulations also ensure that food safety is maintained at all the stages, such as processing, production, and distribution. The laws also make sure that consumers are not misled by enforcing proper presentation, labeling, and advertising of food. The regulations allow unsafe food to be recalled if it was already sold or withdrawn from the market (FSA 2008, p. 10). The Code of Practice found in different sections of the various food Acts in the UK provides guidelines that food authorities in England must follow during enforcement and execution of food legislation. This code guides all food authorities when they are discharging their duties. Food authorities are mandated with ensuring that all government acts relating to food are adhered to within the UK. Food authorities rely on authorized officers to efficiently perform these duties. These officers must be familiar with the law as they are expected to enforce and seek guidance if they do not understand it fully. Most parts of England have both the County Council and District Food Authorities. It is essential that the two bodies effectively work together to ensure that publ
Introduction Today the need for warehouse design has become significant to any company with increasing use of warehouses. The activities happening in warehouses have also intensified making it difficult to come up with an efficient warehouse design. This has even led to the emergency of warehouse design and layout consultancy firms. This is because of increased need for space, rising operating and labor costs, as well as decrease in order cycle time. The purpose of warehouses has also changed from long time storage to just in time deliveries. This has lead to the change in complexity of warehouse designs. A warehouse is designed to store goods safely for a while after which they are transported to their respective destinations. When designing a warehouse one has to consider mainly location, space, information, time, as well as cost. Today the purpose of warehouses has changed as compared to the 20 th century. This is because today there are fewer inventories within warehouses but the need for larger assembly areas, larger picking areas; many pick slots, and less backup stock. In designing a warehouse, the perfect balance for appropriate space, location, time, labor, and safety must be achieved. Therefore the design should be able to deliver the required storage space today and in the future. The design should also provide safety of products and ensure health of workers. The design should also be able to provide faster loading and off-loading of goods. Thus, while designing a warehouse all these factors should be considered. Location In designing a warehouse location is one of the major factors to consider. This helps to ensure that the warehouse meets needs of the company’s main source of business. The location of the warehouse must also be in a position to promote a design that offers easy and quick transportation means. This implies that a warehouse location should provide for easy access to roads, ports, and other means of transportation (Harrington, 2007) Therefore before a company goes ahead and sets up a warehouse it must carry out an analysis of the requirements and operations of the warehouse. After such an analysis, the company is able to design operational processes that go hand in hand with the business needs of the company. The company will then sets up a warehouse at a location which will allow smooth and easy flow of operations. This will enable the company to have an operating-low-cost supply chain. In designing the location, the company must also consider having a network which provides a high-service. This implies that the warehouse should be in a position to serve its customers as fast as possible. This also enables the company to have a superior warehouse design than that of its competitors. A company should also consider cost when designing the location of a warehouse (Harrington, 2007). The transportation costs from the company to the warehouse then to customers should be minimized. Thus a company can choose to use one major warehouse or multiple ones, provided the location leads to minimal costs. The company should also consider the inventory cost of using one major warehouse or a ne
Introduction The federal government of Canada has been very aggressive in dealing with the challenge of tobacco smoking in the country. Tobacco use and nicotine addiction have been a major challenge in healthcare management and public administration in Canada. A section of Canadian citizens are opposed to smoking and feel that the government needs to take stern action on tobacco industry for its role in high nicotine smoking and addiction rates. According to Health Canada, tobacco and nicotine addiction are some of the preventable factors that predispose people to diseases, yet the public administration is doing very little to improve the situation. Anti-smoking groups in Canada have suggested that the federal government needs to roll out a campaign to demoralize the tobacco industry, as there is an urgent need to reduce the rate at which people are smoking tobacco. However, the biggest challenge lies on the government’s readiness to roll out such a campaign, whether it will be successful, and the necessary legislation for effective implementation. To achieve success in such a campaign, it is important for the federal government to ensure that both its communication systems and social marketing strategies are effective enough. I believe that the Canada’s federal government is ready to roll out a demoralization campaign, for its tobacco industry. Discussion According to Health Canada, reducing the use of tobacco in Canada will lead to healthier people, who will enjoy better quality of life. Tobacco and nicotine addiction is a challenge in Canada, but Health Canada officials believe that the situation is reversible, as quitting the habit does not have a timeline. The demoralization campaign on the tobacco industry is a good idea, and its success elsewhere provides enough motivation to the government. Demoralization of the tobacco industry has successfully worked in the states of Florida and California in America. This is not the first attempt that the federal government of Canada intends to make in reducing the prevalence of smoking in the country. Over the last four decades, the government has implemented numerous legislations that have greatly reduced smoking rates. The timing of the demoralization campaign is right, as there is need to improve the health status of people, and empower them economically. According to government statistics on smoking in Canada, a big percentage of the population belongs to low social and economic classes, and has the highest smoking rates. There is an opposite relationship between education and income, in that people with low education levels are likely to have little income. This has direct impact on the social behaviors they pick, and their ability to manage the effects of those habits. Therefore, most health complications r
The economy of any country consists of numerous entities, which are vital for its smooth functioning. Each of these entities has a role to play and any disturbance or hindrance in their proper functioning would cripple the economy. One of the basic pre-conditions for the growth of the economy is growing capital formation. Capital formation refers to the distraction of the economy’s productive capacity for the creation of capital goods which eventually increase the productive capacity in the future. Generally, the term capital formation refers to an increase in the stocks of material capital only. The most accepted financial intermediaries are Banks. Some of the other entities which perform the role of financial intermediation are Investment Banks, Insurance Companies, Developmental Financial Institutions, Non- Banking Finance Companies, Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Quasi-Governmental Agencies, etc. For decades, all the banks across the globe have focused on earning large sums of money from corporate clients. However, things have dramatically transformed today. Banks are awash with excess liquidity; interest rates are decreasing. Corporations do not borrow from banks in a big way due to a variety of reasons like economic slowdown, infrastructural constraints, etc ((ICMR), 2003). Under this scenario, banks are forced to look into the retail segment for lending and therefore the spotlight has now shifted to the retail sector. Banks across the globe are experiencing cutthroat competition while trying to enter new segments – car loans, consumer loans, housing finance, educational loans, credit cards, etc. The recent financial crisis in the United States can be related to what is known as “The Big Bank Theory” of finance and economics (Canadian Content, 2008). According to this theory, no government across the globe will allow any big financial institution or a bank to collapse so easily. This is because the after effect or the consequences of such collapses would be great and at a time will be out of control to handle despite how big the economy in which the collapse occurred (Farell, 2008). Subprime mortgage crises have become an ongoing economic problem in various parts of the globe. The basic reasons behind these crises may be described as contracted liquidity in the banking systems across the globe and also in the credit markets. Risky lending, excess of corporate and individual debt levels, risky practices of borrowing also can be added to the list of reasons for a subprime crisis to occur. Once the reasons as to why subprime crises occur are known, the next question that arises is as to what are the ways to avoid or decrease these crises from occurring. One best solution would be a modification of loan lending (ICFAI Center for Management Research (ICMR), 2003). The financial crisis of the United States is undoubtedly hampering the entire economy on a whole along with the financial system. Hedge funds are believed to destabilize the global economy. No prescribed rule of thumb ca
Introduction about health inequality Health inequality runs throughout life, from before birth through into old age. It exists between social classes, different areas of the country, between men and women, and between people from different ethnic backgrounds. But the story of health inequality is clear: the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be ill and to die younger. That is true for almost every health problem. Health inequalities in the East of England. Although this region is one of the wealthiest in the country with few deprived local authorities, there is considerable variation in health within PCTs or local authorities. The PCT profiles presented here are based on Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) data and compare major health indicators within the PCTs and compare PCTs with each other. The UK Presidency of the EC held between July and December 2005 featured health inequalities as one of two health themes. Two interim reports on the state of health inequalities in the EU were commissioned and published during the Presidency. A summit conference Tackling Health Inequalities – Governing for Health, was held on 17/18 October and emphasised the importance of action to deliver change through effective policies and governance, drawing on models of policy and good practise across member state governments. With the eastern enlargement of the EU, more attention is being drawn to the fact that the citizens of the less wealthy Central and Eastern European countries have poorer health and shorter life expectancy than those in Western Europe. In addition to the east-west gap in health, differences in health between socioeconomic groups have increased in many countries as socio-economic determinants such as education, employment, and lifestyle affect health. Health inequalities are unacceptable. They start early in life and persist not only into old age but subsequent generations. Tackling health inequalities is a top priority for this Government, and it is focused on narrowing the health gap between disadvantaged groups, communities and the rest of the country and on improving health overall. Concerted action to reduce the health gap permeates our programs within the Department of Health and is supported across Government. The Health Inequalities Unit (HIU) is a small team in the Department of Health with a cross-government focus. The work of the unit is shaped by a Public Service Agreement (PSA) target to reduce inequalities in health outcomes by 10 per cent by 2010, as measured by infant mortality and life expectancy at birth. In 1997, a scientific review of health inequalities in England was undertaken by an independent inquiry into health inequalities chaired by Sir Donald Acheson, a form
Introduction Agriculture and trade were the major economic activities of the Greek culture that ensured its expansion and strong influence. The role-played by the geographical position of Greece and sea cannot be underestimated. This is because a large percentage of Greece as covered by mountains that led to the development of city states. According to George (1996), “distance between city-states, clothing, trade, and democracy were amongst some of things that were influenced by the geography of Ancient Greece.” The rugged mountainous landscape divided Greece into many regions that allowed for constant travel in exchange of ideas and goods within these communities. In addition to the above, the rugged landscape made transportation difficult within the Greek territory and thus made it difficult for the entire region to unite under one government. Main body Furthermore, the sea played a pivotal role in impacting on the Greek culture. Sea enabled trade activities because a large percentage of Greek’s geographical area is surrounded by the sea. This is echoed by Robinson (2004) in stating that “the Mediterranean (and the sub-seas such as the Aegean) gave the Greeks, especially the Athenians, easy access to the most effective and cheap form of transport, by sea.” This vantage position that also encompassed various islands provided the ideal condition for trade activities with other cultures. “They conducted lots of trade – getting rich in the process – and became good enough at maritime pursuits to be able to use the navy to fend of a major attempt by the Persians to invade them” (George, 1996). The sea became a vital component of Greek existence because of the availability of skilled sailors and bays. Trade in commodities such as grapes, oil and wine that were agriculturally produced in Greece were easily exchanged by much needed supplies from other regions. In fact, it has been pointed that the sea and geography of Greece were the major components that impacted greatly in its culture. Democracy is considered to be one of the most innovative approaches in the Greek culture that ensured its success. The first system was composed city states that called the “polis”. These were disbanded after numerous about political control and impact of culture. In fact, the current systems of democratic governance in the rest of the world owe their origins to the Greek model of model democracy. Citizenship in Athens was attained after successful completion of military and empowered one to participate in electoral processes. Whereas slaves, women, children and foreigners were omitted from voting, the system of governance ensured that they took active part in governance and formation of the government. This model is expounded by Robinson (2004) in stating that “male adults, who had completed the military training as an ‘Ephebes’, could qualify to vote.” Conclusion In addition to the above, the model of democracy in Greece was composed of the Assembly, the Council and the courts that were collectively referred to as the governing bodies. These ensured that all forms of justice were administered
In the past, healthcare managers have depended upon error-based approaches for the evaluation and measurement of information accuracy in their organizations. This trend has however changed with the development of evidence-based, data-driven medical practice which has resulted in the representation of the patient, and subsequently the organization’s quality of care, by data instead of intensive, personal relations between the organizations and their patients (Lorence & Jameson 2002). Because of this, the quality of data retained by healthcare organizations is a vital element in the eventual delivery of care, and thus the need for more thorough system-based quality evaluation mechanisms is apparent, necessitating the incorporation of evaluation of aggregate data (Karapetrovic & Willborn 2000). In response to these developments, several quality enhancements measures have been undertaken by healthcare organizations and include “the use of health outcomes data in quality management, which are objective measures of post-treatment health, based on defined criteria,” (Lorence & Jameson 2002, p.739). Generally, large outcomes databases of related processes are retained and analyzed statistically to give patients unbiased predictions of the success or failure of their treatment. If, for example, a patient is contemplating a particular surgery, they can make comparisons between themselves and other patients with similar conditions who have undergone the surgery. From the comparison, the patient can then predict whether they will be successful in surgery or whether they will survive without the surgery. For comparison, the outcomes databases are widely summated across organizations, industries, and regions. Outcomes databases have become more avai
Introduction The unification of North and South Koreas has often been discussed by the political leaders. The main obstacle is that these countries differ dramatically in terms of culture, work ethics, attitudes toward the state, and many other aspects that prevent these states from establishing diplomatic or economic relations. Furthermore, many South Koreans object to this integration because they believe that the unification will be a time-consuming process requiring significant costs (Branigan unpaged). On the whole, they are afraid of the absorption of North Korea can lead to such difficulties as the increased economic burden on South Korean taxpayers, the need to reconcile two dramatically different cultures, and possible political instability. This is the main thesis that should be discussed more closely. Each of these obstacles can pose a significant burden on South Korea. The opinions of South Koreans It should be noted that the opinions of South Koreans has changed dramatically since the early nineties. For instance, in 1994, approximately 94 percent of South Koreans believed that the unification of two countries was necessary (Branigan unpaged). In their opinion, this task was feasible, even though it was rather challenging. Nevertheless, 13 years later only 64 percent people of insisted on the unification of the two Koreas (Branigan unpaged). Furthermore, many people in this country believe that the absorption of North Korea is not a realistic task. To some degree, this change can be attributed to the growing inequalities and discrepancies between these countries. One of their most important concerns of these people is that the unification of these states can lead to organized crime (Branigan unpaged). To a great extent, it will be the consequence of unemployment in the unified state. Furthermore, one should take into account that the economy of South Korea has also been affected by the global recession. Therefore, it may be difficult for the country to bear the costs of unification. Certainly, one can argue that these countries have common cultural heritage or language; however, they do not seem to be sufficient for the integration of these countries. One should examine these challenges in greater detail. Economic difficulties In order to understand the differences between the two countries, one should mention that the economy of North Korea is almost entirely state-controlled. Furthermore, the political leaders of the country focus only on the military development of the state, while other needs of the population can be ignored. In particular, approximately 30 percent of the GDP can be spent on the army while other areas such as education, infrastructure, or medicine remain underdeveloped (Kihl and Kim 118). Additionally, the income level in this country is much lower than in South Korea (Kihl and Kim 118). Furthermore, it is critical to remember that private businesses are illegal in this country. This is one of the reasons why many of the most essential goods are not available to North Koreans (Kihl and Kim 118). Despite the fact that a