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Illegal tobacco – From complaint to court
Illegal Tobacco - From Complaint to Court
6th December 2023
10am - 12.10pm
Delivered by Chris King & Gerry Wintrip
Online - MS Teams
Booking Window Closes: 2nd December 2023
New Cost: £40 per person
Trainer Bio
Gerry Wintrip and Chris King are experienced regulatory enforcers with a number of high level successful prosecutions to their credit. They are also experienced trainers in the areas of doorstep crime and fraud.
Course Programme
This course looks at dealing with complaints in relation to the sale and supply of illegal tobacco from the initial report, through the stages of evidence gathering, including statements, brand holder/expert evidence, intelligence gathering, interviewing and suggested offences right through to the court hearing and sentencing. It is aimed at officers who have little or no experience of dealing with illegal tobacco, but could also be used as a refresher for officers with moe experiance. Note; this traiing is available to Local Authority staff only.
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10:00 - 10:05 |
Welcome, House Keeping and Introduction
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10:05 - 10:50 |
Session 1
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10:50 - 11:00 |
Q & A
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11:00 - 11:10 |
Comfort Break
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11:10 - 11:55 |
Session 2
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11:55- 12:10 |
Q & A
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12:10 |
Course Close
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The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and presentation will be circulated 2 - 3 days before the course, ready for the training. Booking window closes 2 days before the course.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; I will reset your password and drop you an email
2) You've sent multiple account requests, but there will be one approval email in there.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 06/12/2023
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £40
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £40
Venue: Online
PRISM Crossover Course: General Product Safety
PRISM Crossover Course: General Product Safety
16th January 2024
10am - 12.10pm
Delivered by Mark Gardiner
Online - MS Teams
Booking Window Closes: 12th Jaunary 2024
New Cost: £40 per person
Trainer Bio
Mark has more than thirty years experience working as a regulator, consultant and advisor in the UK. Now an independent consultant providing advice to economic operators and government departments in the UK, EU and third countries, as well as training regulators all over the world on product safety regulation with special focus on risk analysis and management, product safety and conformity assessment.
- Specialist trainer on explosives, product safety law, market surveillance structure and organisation, risk assessment and risk management.
- Past chair of the LVD AdCo, National Product Safety Focus Group, SW Regional Product Safety Group, south west representative on the Fireworks Enforcement Liaison Group (FELG).
- CTSI Lead Officer for Product Safety, Lead Portfolio Verifier and Portfolio Author, Regulating Markets Paper Trainer and Examiner, Product Safety Paper Examiner.
Course Programme
More info to follow
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10:00 - 10:05 |
Welcome, House Keeping and Introduction
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10:05 - 10:50 |
Session 1 - More Info to Follow
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10:50 - 11:00 |
Q & A
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11:00 - 11:10 |
Comfort Break
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11:10 - 11:55 |
Session 2 - More Info to Follow
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11:55- 12:10 |
Q & A
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12:10 |
Course Close
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The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and presentation will be circulated 2 - 3 days before the course, ready for the training. Booking window closes 2 days before the course.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; I will reset your password and drop you an email
2) You've sent multiple account requests, but there will be one approval email in there.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 16/01/2024
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £40
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £40
Venue: Online
New FSA Code of Practice/Food Contact Materials
New FSA Code of Practice/Food Contact Materials
18th January 2024
10am - 12.10pm
Delivered by Eamonn Quinn
Online - MS Teams
Booking Window closes: 16th January 2024
£40 per person
Trainer Bio
Eamonn was a Trading Standards Officer with Cumbria Trading Standards from 1986 to 2014 and is an experienced trainer in food standards. He was also the Lead Officer Food with Cumbria Trading Standards from 1999 to 2014.
Eamonn has sat on national food panels including the LACOTS Food Standards Group, which he chaired from 2006 to 2010. He was also the Food Standards Trainer, Food Written and Food Oral examiner for CTSI under the Trading Standards Qualification Framework (TSQF). He continues to be the CTSI Food Standards trainer for the new CPCF qualification framework. In his role as a Trading Standards Officer and more latterly as a Team Leader, Eamonn has provided training on a range of Trading Standards functions, both to colleagues and to other authorities.
In 2014, he decided to leave Trading Standards to set up his own training and consultancy business, Horizon Consultancies Ltd. He has subsequently provided food standards training across the UK, including Local Authorities, Trading Standards branches and to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Eamonn's training is structured to combine a detailed knowledge of food standards enforcement together with a wealth of practical enforcement experience.
Course Programme
This course is suitable for current practitioners and Officers new or returning to food enforcement.
The course will look at the amendments to the FSA Code of Practice in respect of Food Standards Interventions and how they are risked
It will also look at the controls on Food Contact Materials including single use plastics and the EU review on FCM`s.
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10:00 - 10:05 |
Welcome, House Keeping and Introduction
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10:05 - 10:50 |
Session 1 Amendments to the FSA Code of Practice
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10:50 - 11:00 |
Q & A
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11:00 - 11:10 |
Comfort Break
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11:10 - 11:55 |
Session 2 Food Contact Materials
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11:55- 12:10 |
Q & A
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12:10 |
Course Close
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The bitesize training will be a total of 2 hours 10 minutes, with 2 hours of CPPD awarded.
Joining information and presentation will be circulated 2 - 3 days before the course, ready for the training. Booking window closes 2 days before the course.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
If you are requesting an account, please be aware that it has to be manually approved by the Centsa Team. If you don't get an auto-reply through straight away, then rest assured the request has gone through and is waiting for approval.
If your request gets rejected, this could be because:
1) You already have an account; I will reset your password and drop you an email
2) You've sent multiple account requests, but there will be one approval email in there.
Any issues, please contact us at centsa@warwickshire.gov.uk
Starts: 18/01/2024
Duration (days) 1
Cost: £40
Cost for non CEnTSA Authorities: £40
Venue: Online