local authorities - News - FoodAuthenticity2024-03-29T05:06:25Zhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/feed/tag/local%2BauthoritiesThe Food Standards Agency publishes review of food standards deliveryhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/the-food-standards-agency-publishes-review-of-food-standards-deli2018-11-22T14:54:16.000Z2018-11-22T14:54:16.000ZSelvarani Elahihttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/SelvaraniElahi869<div><div id="block-pagetitle" class="block-page-title"> </div>
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<div id="block-addtoany">The Food Standards Agency (FSA) carried out a survey of all local authorities (LAs) across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 104 Local Authorities (LAs) replied.</div>
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<p>The survey assessed how LAs plan and prioritise their food standards work, the resources and capacity they have and how they measure the success of their programmes. <a class="ext" href="https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/fsa-18-12-08-rof-survey-report-v.4_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The review can be found here</a>. </p>
<h2><strong>Key findings from the survey</strong></h2>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Levels of food standards resource in England are generally lower than in Wales and Northern Ireland, with 22% of English LAs having less than 1 Full-Time Equivalent (‘FTE’) person dedicated to food standards work.  </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">15% of food businesses are unrated for food standards risk, however the figures for some LAs are higher</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">LAs had difficulty in recruiting qualified officers and 57% of LAs were not in a position to support a student through the qualification process </li>
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<p>Alternative approaches to food standards delivery are being adopted effectively by many LAs. FSA intend to explore and build on areas of good practice as part of their reform programme. </p>
<h2><strong>Review to be discussed at the next FSA Board meeting</strong></h2>
<p>The review of food standards has been published as part of the FSA Board papers. </p>
<p>The next Board meeting will be held at Church House in London on Wednesday 5 December 2018 at 8.30am. You can attend in person or <a href="https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/EventWebsites/fsaboardmeetings/engage/?RPID=30078">watch it live online</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/fsa-board-meeting-december-2018" target="_self">A full agenda and published papers can be viewed in the board meeting section of the FSA website</a>. </p>
<p>For details on how to register to attend the Board meeting, please see the <a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/our-board#attending-a-meeting" target="_self">Board section of the FSA website</a>.</p>
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