Environmental Health Aberdeenshire

09/01/2026

Please ensure that if you get any commercial or domestic gas work done, always use a competent, appropriately qualified, gassafe engineer. Further details below 👇🏻

⚠️ Always check your gas engineer is Gas Safe registered

An unregistered gas fitter has been sentenced after illegal work at a Torquay home left a family of six – including four young children – in an immediately dangerous situation.

The engineer's Gas Safe registration had lapsed, yet he continued working. The result? A gas leak, multiple installation faults, and a capped gas supply.

He received a 15-month suspended prison sentence and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Gas work by unqualified individuals can lead to leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Before any gas work, check your engineer is registered: http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prosecution-push

Read more here: https://press.hse.gov.uk/2026/01/08/unregistered-gas-fitter-sentenced-after-carrying-out-illegal-work-2/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prosecution-push

18/12/2025

Selling counterfeit alcohol can have serious health implications for your customers and your business. Visit the Food Standards Scotland website for more information on how to spot it: https://bit.ly/3MOphhE

16/12/2025

❗Urgent Advice- Kimbland Distillery Ltd- Sanday- Orkney ❗

If you have purchased any whisky or gin products online from Kimbland Distillery, or from local retailers, please do not consume them as they may be unsafe. Please see the FSS post for more information.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is urgently warning consumers not to purchase or consume any whisky or gin products manufactured by Kimbland Distillery Ltd, as these products may pose a risk to health.

The company has been producing and selling alcoholic products without the required safety controls and has failed to provide evidence that its products meet safety standards.

For more information visit our website at: https://bit.ly/4adnuwq

13/11/2025

The law requires all employers to prevent work-related stress. Find out more about how you can use the five steps where you work: reach out, recognise, respond, reflect and make it routine.

29/10/2025

Get ready for Stress Awareness Week (3rd–7th November)!

Work-related stress affects thousands every year — and preventing it is a legal duty for employers.

Before the week begins, take time to:
✅ Review your stress risk assessments
✅ Start conversations using HSE’s Talking Toolkit
✅ Remind your teams about the 5 Rs:
🔸Reach out
🔸Recognise
🔸Respond
🔸Reflect
🔸make it Routine

Let’s make sure our workplaces are ready to protect people’s wellbeing.

Find free tools, posters and resources at https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/working-minds/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=working-minds

12/10/2025

🤚 🎃Pumpkin patch experiences 🎃🤚

🎃Visiting pumpkin patches and animal petting centres are great activities for the October holidays.

🎃 Please remember to wash your hands after touching/ feeding animals and handling soil or ground grown vegetables including pumpkins to remove bacteria which can make you ill.

🎃 If you are a business or individual offering outdoor experiences, Aberdeenshire Councils Environmental Health Service can provide advice to help you ensure that you have identified and implemented suitable control measures to reduce the risk of illness to visitors.

📧 Please email [email protected] for further information.

🎃🤚Remember, hand sanitiser and hand wipes are NOT a substitute for hand washing! 🤚🎃

29/07/2025

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued a public health warning after counterfeit vodka was seized last week which confirmed the presence of the chemical isopropyl, which can be harmful if consumed.

The counterfeit vodka recovered was sold in 35cl bottles (commonly known as half bottles) and fraudulently labelled as Glen’s.

When opened, the counterfeit vodka may have a strange smell and taste differently to genuine vodka, and therefore should not be drunk.

When consumed, even small amounts of isopropyl can be dangerous. Symptoms of isopropyl alcohol poisoning include abdominal pain, vomiting, dizziness, headaches, confusion, slow breathing, and in severe cases, coma or death.

Counterfeit products with isopropyl alcohol will smell and taste very different to normal alcohol.

Every genuine bottle of Glen’s vodka has a laser etched lotcode applied to the bottle between the rear label and the base of the bottle.

They will also have the following markings on the base of the bottle - the highlighted three identifiers will not vary (position or detail).

The scale of distribution of counterfeit product is still unknown so if you believe you may have consumed alcohol that has a strong smell and a very different taste to normal AND are showing any of the symptoms described, please contact the NHS 24 on 111 immediately. If you have severe symptoms, call 999.

If you believe you may have purchased this counterfeit vodka by detecting a strong smell or taste that is different from normal, do not drink it or dispose of it, but please contact FSS Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit – [email protected] – for further advice.

Alternatively please contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 028 7926 or online, if you have any information on this counterfeit alcohol.

26/07/2025

25/07/2025

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) is issuing a public health warning after lab results from counterfeit vodka seized this week confirmed the presence of the chemical isopropyl.

The counterfeit vodka recovered was sold in 35cl bottles and fraudulently labelled as Glen’s.

Counterfeit products with isopropyl alcohol will smell and taste very different to normal alcohol and can be harmful when consumed.

🔗 Visit our website for further information at: https://bit.ly/416B0wf