Food Standards Agency’s

• FSA Board welcomes progress made on arrangements for the end of the EU Transition period 3rd December 2020
  Members heard updates on preparations for the end of the EU Transition Period and on food hypersensitivity, as the Board met online this week. It was also our Chair’s final Board meeting.
• Developing a comprehensive plan for transforming the food system - Address to the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum policy conference 3rd December 2020
  Transcript of FSA Chief Executive Emily Miles' address to the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum.
• FSA Board Meeting: 2 December 2020 2nd December 2020
  The December Board meeting will take place from 9.30am this morning.
• The FSA’s Food Hygiene Rating Scheme is 10 years old 30th November 2020
  30 November marked the 10th birthday of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS). The scheme was developed to empower the public to make informed choices about where to buy and eat food.
• FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement report 27th November 2020
  The FSA has today published official statistics on food law enforcement by local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the year 2019/20. The information provided by local authorities and compiled by the FSA, gives a detailed breakdown of enforcement activity across the three countries.
• Latest levels of AMR E. coli in beef and pork published 24th November 2020
  We have published the results of an EU survey monitoring antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in beef and pork sold at retail in the UK.
• FSA Board welcomes progress on modernised surveillance model 19th November 2020
  During the online Board meeting this week, members heard how the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has continued to develop and implement Strategic Surveillance during 2020.
• FSA Board Meeting: 18 November 2020 18th November 2020
  The November Board meeting will take place from 9.30am this morning.
• Cutting plant in Bristol ordered to pay more than £60,000 for hygiene failings 13th November 2020
  Elite Poultry Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to apply ID marks, breaching temperature requirements and re-using cardboard boxes for the storage of meat.
• FSA in England and Northern Ireland launch consultation on the Food Law Code of Practice, Practice Guidance and Competency Framework 13th November 2020
  The FSA welcomes your views and comments on the proposed amendments to the Food Law Code of Practice and Food Law Practice Guidance, and implementation of the Competency Framework.

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