The Food Standards Agency is ready for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union with a new approach to understand risk and more surveillance, according to the authority’s leader.
Heather Hancock was questioned this past month by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, led by Neil Parish. Topics
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Predictions are often a dangerous game. There is no such thing as zero risk so we can be fairly confident 2019 will bring recalls and outbreaks. We are still going to be talking about whole genome sequencing and raw milk and products made with it. We have annual reports
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Food standards delivery in the United Kingdom is hampered by inadequate resources and an out of date approach to regulation, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The agency reviewed how such work is handled across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
FSA surveyed local authorities (LAs) between March and May
Continue Reading FSA food standards review highlights failures
What’s going to happen after food safety in the United Kingdom is separated by Brexit from the European Food Safety Authority’s mothership in Parma, Italy?
“Along with the EU (European Union) Exit, changing the way food businesses are regulated is one of our two key priorities for the years ahead,”
Continue Reading Food safety regulation in UK to undergo change during Brexit
