Food Hygiene Inspections & Reports - Selected Castletown Premises

Summary

The request sought food hygiene inspection dates and reports for five specific Castletown premises since 2019, resulting in a partial disclosure where some inspection correspondence was released while other information was exempt.

Key Facts

• The request covered five businesses: Coffee Craft, The Cupcakery, Kowloon House, Victoria Grill, and The Vintage Tea Rooms.
• The Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA) released 6 documents totaling 10 pages.
• Disclosed records include email correspondence regarding inspection reports for Coffee Craft and The Vintage Tea Rooms.
• Communication regarding Kowloon House includes a revisit acceptance and technical officer correspondence.
• The outcome was classified as 'Some information sent but part exempt'.

Data Disclosed

• 2024-12-02
• 2025-01-17
• 1st January 2019
• 09 March 2023
• 21 November 2022
• 25 March 2024
• 09 February 2024
• 27 February 2023
• 10 pages
• 6 documents
• 4289277

Original Request

I request information in relation to the following Castletown food businesses listed viz: Coffee Craft (Manannan House, Market Square), The Cupcakery (26 Arbory Street), Kowloon House (3 Arbory Street), Victoria Grill (13 Malew Street) and The Vintage Tea Rooms (9 Malew Street) namely: Dates of food hygiene and other premises inspection visits conducted at these premises since 1st January 2019; and Copies of all information relating to such inspections. This includes but is not limited to inspection reports, enforcement notices and other guidance/advice provided subsequent to a visit, follow up communication between establishment and DEFA etc; and If the listed establishments were not registered as of 1 January 2019 or have in the period up until the date of this request ceased operation the dates of registration/deregistration as a food business.

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Full Response Text

1 Moore, Hannah From: Blacker, Glenn (DEFA) Sent: 09 March 2023 09:06 To: Slack, Chloe Subject: Accepted: Kowloon House - revisit

From: Corkish, Nicola To: Blacker, Glenn (DEFA) Subject: Kowloon House Date: 21 November 2022 16:03:13 Attachments: image001.png   Nicola Corkish Technical Officer   Environmental Health Department of Environment Food and Agriculture Thie Slieau Whallian Foxdale Road St Johns Isle of Man IM4 3AS   01624 685894 Isle of Man Government - Environment, Food and Agriculture

From: Slack, Chloe To: Blacker, Glenn (DEFA) Subject: Kowloon House - revisit

From: To: Subject: RE: Coffee craft Food Hygiene Report Date: 25 March 2024 10:59:00 Hi No problem, Kind regards From: @gmail.com> Sent: 25 March 2024 10:47 To: @gov.im> Subject: Re: Coffee craft Food Hygiene Report Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links.  Hi  Getting there slowly but surely,can I contact you after Easter,to arrange a meeting? On Mon, 25 Mar 2024, 09:27 @gov.im> wrote: Good morning I hope this email finds you well and you have been making progress with the report.  Is there a good day and time to arrange a follow up visit with yourself? Kind regards From: @gmail.com> Sent: 09 February 2024 16:08 To: @gov.im> Subject: Re: Coffeecraft Food Hygiene Report Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links.  Will do, thanks!  On Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 15:54 @gov.im> wrote: Good afternoon Please see attached your food hygiene report, I recommend you print/share the report with all staff and work your way through the report.  The timescales are there as a guidance however those identified as ‘immediate’ should be addressed as so.   If you have any questions please let me,   Kind regards     Environmental Health Technical Officer Registered Food Safety Practitioner Environmental Health Unit, Regulation Directorate Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St Johns, Isle of Man,IM4 3AS Tel: +44(0)1624 685894 Email: @gov.im     Isle of Man. Giving you freedom to flourish WARNING: This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. You must not copy or deliver it to any other person or use the contents in any unauthorised manner without the express permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee of this e-mail, please delete it and notify the sender as soon as possible. No employee or agent is authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of any of the Departments or Statutory Boards of the Isle of Man Government with any party by e-mail without express written confirmation by a Manager of the relevant Department or Statutory Board. RAAUE: S’preevaadjagh yn çhaghteraght post-l shoh chammah’s coadanyn erbee currit marish as ta shoh coadit ec y leigh. Cha nhegin diu coipal ny cur eh da peiagh erbee elley ny ymmydey yn chooid t’ayn er aght erbee dyn kied leayr veih’n choyrtagh. Mannagh nee shiu yn enmyssagh kiarit jeh’n phost-l shoh, doll-shiu magh eh, my sailliu, as cur-shiu fys da’n choyrtagh cha leah as oddys shiu. Cha nel kied currit da failleydagh ny jantagh erbee conaant y yannoo rish peiagh ny possan erbee lesh post-l er son Rheynn ny Boayrd Slattyssagh erbee jeh Reiltys Ellan Vannin dyn co-niartaghey scruit leayr veih Reireyder y Rheynn ny Boayrd Slattyssagh t’eh bentyn rish.

From: Slack, Chloe To: @hotmail.co.uk" Subject: The Vintage Tearooms - Inspection Report Date: 27 February 2023 13:50:00 Attachments: Inspection Report - The Vintage Tearooms Dear , I write following my inspection last week, and as discussed, attach a copy of the inspection report. The report outlines the findings of my inspection and provides details of the actions which you need to take in order to ensure compliance with relevant food safety and health & safety legislation. As mentioned during our visit, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I would be more than happy to assist you. Kind regards, Chloe Chloe Slack BSc(Hons) MSc MCIEH Environmental Health Officer Regulation Directorate Environmental Health Unit Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture Thie Slieau Whallian St Johns Isle of Man IM4 3AS Tel: 01624 685894 Email: chloe.slack@gov.im Our Island, Our Environment, Our Future P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail P

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator Corporate Services Directorate Thie Slieau Whallian, Foxdale Road, St John’s, Isle of Man, IM4 3AS Tel no (01624) 685854 Fax no (01624 685851 Email: defa@gov.im www.gov.im

Our ref: 4289277 17 January 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 2 December 2024, which states:

I request information in relation to the following Castletown food businesses listed viz: Coffee Craft (Manannan House, Market Square), The Cupcakery (26 Arbory Street), Kowloon House (3 Arbory Street), Victoria Grill (13 Malew Street) and The Vintage Tea Rooms (9 Malew Street) namely:

Dates of food hygiene and other premises inspection visits conducted at these premises since 1st January 2019; and

Copies of all information relating to such inspections. This includes but is not limited to inspection reports, enforcement notices and other guidance/advice provided subsequent to a visit, follow up communication between establishment and DEFA etc; and

If the listed establishments were not registered as of 1 January 2019 or have in the period up until the date of this request ceased operation the dates of registration/deregistration as a food business.

Our response to your request is as follows:

1. Dates of food hygiene and other premises inspection visits conducted at these premises since 1st January 2019

Coffee Craft:
23.01.2024 Kowloon House: 08.03.2023 The Vintage Tea Rooms: 23.02.2023

The Cupcakery and Victoria Grill: while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. This is because the Department has not conducted food hygiene inspections on The Cupcakery or Victoria Grill.

1. Copies of all information relating to such inspections. This includes but is not limited to inspection reports, enforcement notices and other guidance/advice provided subsequent to a visit, follow up communication between establishment and DEFA etc.

I have enclosed copies of the information being released to you.

Section 25(b)(i)&(ii) – Absolutely exempt personal information While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25 of the Act (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that: • The Department of Environment Food and Agriculture is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and • The Department of Environment Food and Agriculture is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.

1. If the listed establishments were not registered as of 1 January 2019 or have in the period up until the date of this request ceased operation the dates of registration/deregistration as a food business.

Coffee Craft: Registered 16.11.2018 The Cupcakery:
Registered 10.08.2012 The Vintage Tea Rooms: Registered 24.01.2018

Kowloon House: while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. This is because the Department does not hold information regarding the registration of Kowloon House. To offer advice and assistance the file for Kowloon House was opened by the Environmental Health team on 10.01.2011 and registration details were updated on 18.03.2023. The file was closed on 15.08.2024 and they are no longer registered on the food business register.

Victoria Grill: while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. This is because the Department does not hold information regarding the registration or deregistration of the Victoria Grill.

Please quote the reference number 4289277 in any future communications.

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