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 Slide 2

Slide 3 The Greatest Show on Earth

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Up to 250,000 per day Slide 5

17,000 Athletes 60,000 volunteers 9 Million spectators

34 Olympic venues 21 Paralympic venues 38 Non -Comp venues

955 competition sessions 14 million meals 10 million cups of coffee

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! Slide 13

The Mayor of London tries Food from around the World Slide 14

Olympic Fayre Slide 15

Slide 16 Jenny Morris Vanessa Karakilic Secondments And secondment further into LOCOG The Food and Catering JLARS TEAM

The Environmental Health Volunteers Slide 17

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!!!! Slide 18

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 Slide 19

..... 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 Slide 20

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 Slide 21

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 Slide 22

Important Partners Alphabeti Spaghetti ODA LOCOG FSA HSE HPA GOE LGA GLA DCMS SGSA CIEH G&T, IPA,VAT 69, and plenty of T Slide 23

Slide 24 Busy in Stratford Empty in shepherds Bush Impact of the Games

Slide 25 LEGACY

Slide 26 Legacy

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