Cookstown District Council
Environmental Health
Eat Safe Awards
COOKSTOWN BUSINESSES CLEAN UP AT EAT SAFE AWARDS
Seven catering businesses, including four residential and care facilities, two Schools and a commercial restaurant, in the Cookstown Area were recently presented with the much acclaimed Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) Eat Safe Award.
The award winners from across the District were: St Mary’s Primary School, Pomeroy; The Mill Wheel Bar, Dunnamore; Age Concern Luncheon Club, Cookstown; Westlands Residential Home, Cookstown; Fairfields Care Centre, Cookstown, Lissan Primary School and Cove Manor Nursing Home, Ardboe.
Eat Safe is an award which recognises excellence in food hygiene and is given only to catering businesses who go above and beyond the legal requirements.
Trevor Williamson from FSANI says “It is great to see the scheme continue to grow, with seven winners from the Cookstown District. The award scheme has only recently opened up for all catering businesses, including as we have seen at this presentation, schools and nursing homes.
The Agency currently has 401 award winners representing each of the 26 Councils and I would like to offer my congratulations to the award winners today and also to commend the hard work and dedication of the Environmental Health Department of Cookstown District Council”.
Commenting on the presentation, Mark Kelso, Director of Environmental Health from Cookstown District Council said “I am delighted to see another seven businesses from the District enjoy the success of receiving the Eat Safe Award. This award presentation brings the total number of award holders in the Council area to 15. This is not an easy award to attain and consumers should feel assured that the food has been prepared with the utmost care and in a safe environment”.
The Eat Safe award is open to all catering establishments and the main aim of the scheme is to provide an incentive to caterers to strive for food hygiene and food safety management standards beyond those required by law. It will also help consumers to make informed choices about where to eat out by providing a recognisable ‘sign’ of excellence in standards of food hygiene. Consumers can check out the Eat Safe website http://www.eatsafe.gov.uk to see where their nearest Eat Safe accredited food business is.
