post olympic feedback steve miller head of the joint local authority regulatory service for the 2012...
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Post Olympic Feedback
Steve Miller Head of the
Joint Local Authority Regulatory Service for the 2012 Games
JLARS
What is JLARS?
• Small team of mostly EHO on secondment to a team looking after Regulatory Services for primarily the Olympic Park but with an influence beyond.
• Covering all LA Regulatory work• Mostly on from LA or LA background picked for
expertise• Involved in Partnership work to enable a Healthy and
Safe 2012• Sometimes integrated into the games providers• To continue to Legacy
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Specific Food Safety requirements
• Detailed Food Safety Plans.
• Food recall and contingency plans
• Site specific HACCP plans
• Caterer food safety support teams
• Staff training
• Red Tractor certification in supply chain
Food Safety plan expectations
From farm to fork
Games specific;
Supply chain
Supplier assurance
Sub contractor management
Operational details
Processing controls
Checks and auditing
Full traceability and recall plans
Venue specific
Links to food handler training and food safety officer support
Working in partnership;
• Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure
• Catering contractors
• PAS 96 - Food Defence
• TACCP (Threat Assessment Critical Control Point )
• Risk based reviews
• Exercises
Managing the risk of malicious contamination
What did we do
• Venue visits with LAs
• Workshops with partners – LAs and Contractors
• Regular catch ups with FSA, JLARS, HPA
• Liaison with Water Companies
• Regular contractor meetings
Partnership working
Primary Authority
• Firstly tried across the Regulatory Functions• Rejected by LOCOG• ...asked for my LOCOG• Food and priority• ...no time for more• With five major caterers• Achieved Common Standard across UK• Only for the Olympics• No costs to caters• SUCCESS ON A PLATE!
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Jenny Morris Vanessa Karakilic
Secondments
And secondment further into LOCOG
The Food and Catering JLARS TEAM
Volunteer Details
• 150 Volunteers• of which 50 were students • Across Olympics & Paralympics • All venues except Football stadia• JLARS employed and LOCOG deployed• Traffic Light System Green Amber Red• Checklist• Thermometers• Swabs• Allowed to look at Games after inspection!!• Fares and Homestay plus FREE T-SHIRT!!!!
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What we found – but not in many places
• Temperature Control Issues• Abuse of the 4 hour rule• Hand washing not happening• Language Issues• Only one supervisor• Long shifts• No breaks• Insufficient refrigeration• Poor instructions
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..... but the Good News was
• Lots of Greens• Few ambers • Only one Red• No food poisoning• Food disposed of on asking• No complaints• Compliance on next visit
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The Legacy and the Learning
• A volunteer force• The Glastonbury Model works on a large scale• Light touch inspections works if...• Good preparation happens in the beginning• Primary Authority is very useful• Reduces the strain on Local Authorities• It reduces cost• Raises the professions profile• IT WAS GREAT FUN
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Where next?
• To write up the Learning• Contribute to New Guidance• Contribute to new ways of working• Be part of solving where it went wrong• Look at and publish where it went right• Advice to Commonwealth Games• Look after the Legacy
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Important PartnersAlphabeti Spaghetti
• ODA
• LOCOG
• FSA
• HSE
• HPA
• GOE
• LGA
• GLA
• DCMS
• SGSA
• CIEH
• G&T, IPA,VAT 69, and plenty of T
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