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Besides enforcing standards relating to food, health and safety and environmental protection in local shops, businesses and communities, we respond to more than 55,000 requests for assistance each year, direct from members of the public, traders, other City Councils and Government agencies.<br><br><strong>CLEAN</strong><br>We carry out investigations and enforcement to tackle neighbourhood problems such as: littering, flytipping, flyposting/placarding, dog-fouling, pollution, pest control and drainage blockages.<br><br><strong>SAFE</strong><br>We carry out inspections to make sure that businesses know how to comply with the law and to check that they do. 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