Food Standards Agency’s

• Open Meeting of Welsh Food Advisory Committee – 8 February 2023 26th January 2023
  The Welsh Food Advisory Committee of the Food Standards Agency will hold its next open meeting in Cardiff on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. This will be a hybrid meeting themed around Food Standards Agency Meat Hygiene Operations.
• FSA statement on The Times Health Commission 18th January 2023
  A statement on behalf of the Chair of the Food Standards Agency, Professor Susan Jebb, on comments made as part of The Times Health Commission.
• The FSA publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22 17th January 2023
  We have today published our Consolidated, Westminster, Wales and Northern Ireland Annual Report and Accounts for the past financial year. These cover our performance and activities in 2021/22 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a net cost of £130.5 million.
• Reminder: We are changing how you can access Food Hygiene Rating Scheme data 12th January 2023
  This is a reminder that if you use the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) application programming interface (API) version 1 (v1), you will need to switch to the new domain name by 3 March 2023.
• FSA has shared research on students food safety behaviours in shared kitchens 10th January 2023
  Students are finding it difficult to maintain cleanliness in shared kitchens, with many students not following recommended food safety and hygiene behaviours and putting themselves at risk of food poisoning.
• Notification of a recall of a small number of human breast milk products 6th January 2023
  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is working with Trading Standards to investigate how human breast milk products made by NeoKare Nutrition Limited contained elevated levels of lead. The Department of Health and Social Care, UK Health Security Agency, NHS England, Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, NHS Wales and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are also supporting […]
• Consumers warned about recalled smoked fish products linked to Listeria outbreak 16th December 2022
  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are warning consumers about specific ready-to-eat smoked fish products from Lidl linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes.
• Latest FSA consumer survey tracks level of concern around the price of food at Christmas and New Year 14th December 2022
  New data in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Consumer Insights Tracker shows people are concerned about the price of food this Christmas and New Year.
• Summary of discussions at the FSA Board and Business Committee meeting – 07 December 2022 12th December 2022
  The Food Standards Agency Board and Business Committee met last week. The discussions included the findings and recommendations from a recent external review of the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit.
• Stakeholder update: science and research (December 2022) 12th December 2022
  Our latest update on FSA science and evidence including opportunities to work with us. These quarterly updates provide information about our current funding opportunities, latest research publications, areas of research interest, and highlight FSA science job vacancies and peer reviewer opportunities.

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