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Foodlaw-Reading
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Last updated:
18 January, 2023
Official Control in the UK
Providing an index of news items and documents linked to UK official control and enforcement activities
On this page:
Outline Information on the UK National Control System
For good reference material, the following can be consulted:
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2017 UK Annual Report - Progress towards implementation of the Multi-Annual National Control Plan for the United Kingdom
A copy of the full document is available on this site. |
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EU Commission: Country Profile - Organisation of Official Controls - United Kingdom (2015)
A copy of the full document is available on this site. |
UK Legislation
Brexit: Prior to the IP Completion Day (31 December 2020), the legal requirements given in the EU Regulations listed on the EU Legislation: Official Control of Food page still applied to the UK. Since IP Completion Day, the EU Regulations have been incorporated into UK legislation but with amendments to correct deficiencies. Information on this is given below. For more details of the process of incorporating EU legislation into UK law, see the separate page: UK Food Law: EU Legislation as Amended for the UK. Provisions for the enforcement of the controls (originally the EU Regulations but now as amended) have been provided in the UK Regulations listed below. For Northern Ireland, EU rules still apply.
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Guidance and official support (from Food Standards Agency (E, W and NI) and Food Standards Scotland ):
EU Legislation with links to legislation.gov.uk: amended for application in the UK:
- Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products as amended by:
- Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 665 [Revoked by 2020, No. 1504]
- Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020, No. 1481)
- Trade and Official Controls (Transitional Arrangements for Prior Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No. 429)
- Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021, No. 809)
- Animals and Animal Health, Feed and Food, Plants and Plant Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022, No. 1315)
Enforcement
Requirements for implementation and enforcement are provided separately for the four parts of the United Kingdom.
- England
- 3255 - Official Feed and Food Controls (England) Regulations 2009 [Revised] as amended by
- 2748 - Official Feed and Food Controls (England) and the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
- 1275 - Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018
- 665 - Official Controls for Feed, Food and Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- 1476 - Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
- 738 - Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
- 1410 - Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2020
- 136 - Official Feed and Food Controls (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 as amended by:
- 187 - Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
- 1488 - Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 as amended by
- 1631 - Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020
- Wales
- 3376 (W.298) - Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) Regulations 2009 [Revised] as amended by
- 626 (W.90) - Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011
- 3049 (W.308) - Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2013
- 2714 (W.271) - Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
- 806 (W.162) - Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2018
- 434 (W.102) - Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
- 463 (W. 111) - Rural Affairs, Environment, Fisheries and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2019
- 1046 (W.185) - Food (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019
- 1482 (W.266) - The Official Feed and Food Controls (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
- 1487 (W.317) - Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2020
- 1581 (W.331) - Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving Provision) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- Scotland
- 446 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Regulations 2009 [Revised] as amended by
- 5 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010
- 93 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011
- 213 - Food Hygiene and Official Feed and Food Controls (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014
- 288 - Animal Health and Welfare and Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
- 407 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019
- 398 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2020
- Northern Ireland
- 427 - Official Feed and Food Controls Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 [Revised] as amended by:
- 48 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
- 286 - Food Hygiene and Official Feed and Food Controls (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014
- 16 - Animal Feed (Basic Safety Standards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 16
- 5 - Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
- 218 - Official Feed and Food Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
- 227 - Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
UK Official Control News Items
Selected items of news from the main Foodlaw-Reading news pages (from 2011):
- 16 May 2019 Food Standards Agency: 12th Regulating Our Future Newsletter
- 9 April 2019 Manchester Abattoir Ltd (formerly Cheshire Halal) fined £18,285.92 after pleading guilty to breaching regulations
- 12 March 2019 Birmingham meat plant fined over £250,000 for removal of detained meat
- 8 March 2019 Birmingham meat cutting plant fined for hygiene failings
- 8 February 2019 FSA welcomes successful council prosecution: A man has been sentenced for selling DNP
- 17 December 2018 Regulating our Future (ROF) - change expectations for local authorities for 2019-2020. Update on the outcome of the consultation on the Food Law Code of Practice
- 22 November 2018 Publication of review of Food Standards delivery
- 29 October 2018 Food Standards Agency: 11th Regulating our Future Newsletter
- 24 October 2018 FSA Paper: Changing food regulation: what we’ve done, where we go next
- 14 September 2018 Update on development of National Inspection Strategies for food
- 13 September 2018 FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
- 30 August 2018 2017 Annual Report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 5 July 2018 FSA Consultation: Regulating Our Future- Amendments to the Food Law Code of Practice (England)
- 25 June 2018 Tenth Regulating Our Future Newsletter
- 6 June 2018 FSA Board Paper: Mid-Point Programme Report – Regulating Our Future
- 16 April 2018 Ninth Regulating Our Future Newsletter
- 30 January 2018 Eighth Regulating our Future Newsletter
- 21 November 2017 Seventh edition of Regulating Our Future Newsletter
- 16 November 2017 Development of the FSA’s Regulating Our Future (ROF) Proposals
- 26 October 2017 FSA Chair updates MPs and Peers on Regulating Our Future
- 28 September 2017 Regulating Our Future Primary Authority National Inspection Strategy project
- 18 September 2017 FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
- 13 September 2017 Food Hygiene Rating Scheme central to modernisation plans
- 8 September 2017 2016 Annual Report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 31 August 2017 Regulating our Future LA engagement events summary report
- 19 July 2017 FSA publishes plans for future food regulation
- 29 June 2017 FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement data
- 12 June 2017 Publication of Commission Audit report on the UK controls on contaminants in foods
- 30 March 2017 Revised Food Law Code Of Practice
- 17 March 2017 Food Standards Agency: Fourth edition of Regulating Our Future Newsletter
- 9 March 2017 FSA Update to Local Authorities in England
- 9 March 2017 Regulating Our Future audit data research published
- 6 March 2017 Publishing UK Food Surveillance System (UKFSS) Data
- 13 February 2017 Primary Authority consultation to help all UK businesses grow
- 15 December 2016 Public Consultation: The Food Law Code of Practice (England) Review 2016/17
- 9 December 2016 2015 Annual Report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 21 November 2016 FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
- 10 November 2016 NFCU review published
- 31 October 2016 NFCU launches industry guide
- 17 October 2016 FSA statement on future food regulation
- 8 September 2016 Consultation on Risk Based Primary Production Food Hygiene Inspections
- 23 June 2016 National Food Crime Unit launches ‘Food Crime Confidential’
- 23 March 2016 The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today published the first assessment of food crime in the UK
- 14 January 2016 Board Paper: Delivering the Food Standards Agency’s Regulatory Strategy
- 14 January 2016 FSA Board Paper: UK Local Authority Food Law Enforcement Annual Report 2014/15
- 11 November 2015 FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
- 3 November 2015 New sentencing guidelines introduced for corporate manslaughter, health and safety and food safety
- 3 November 2015 Food law prosecutions database published
- 16 October 2015 2014 annual report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 7 October 2015 Revised Food Law Practice Guidance 2015 published by the FSA
- 8 June 2015 Food Law Prosecution Outcomes: creation of an FSA database
- 7 April, 2015 Publication of the Revised Food Law Code of Practice (England)
- 27 March 2015 Extension to the UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 12 February 2015 FSA Focus on Enforcement update
- 6 December 2014 Report to the European Commission on Progress in 2013 towards Implementation of the UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan
- 12 November 2014 The Food Law Code of Practice (England) Review
- 4 September 2014 AConsumer confidence to be strengthened through new food crime unit: Government responds to Professor Chris Elliott's report into the food integrity and assurance of food supply networks
- 12 June 2014 Updated Multi Annual National Control Plan for the UK published
- 7 April 2014 Revised Food Law Code of Practice for England published
- 24 January 2014 Making it easier for businesses to appeal
- 18 December 2013 Annual report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
- 12 December 2013 FSA statement on the Elliott Review interim report
- 12 December 2013 Owen Paterson responds to the interim findings of a review he commissioned into the integrity of our food network
- 12 December 2013 Interim report of the Elliott Review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks
- 29 July 2013 Food Standards Agency Review of Powers of Entry
- 27 June 2013 Multi Annual National Control Plan published
- 24 June 2013 Food Law Code of Practice: views wanted
- 9 November 2011 Annual report on UK National Control Plan published by FSA
- 3 November 2011 Guidance on effective imported food control issued by FSA
- 14 October 2011 National Control Plan extended to 2012
- 30 June 2011 Improved risk-based dairy inspections
- 25 May 2011 Board agrees to take forward meat charging proposals
- 6 May 2011 Food Law Practice Guidance published
- 11 April 2011 Primary Authority Scheme: National Businesses Pilot 2011
- 28 February 2011 The extension of remedial action notices to all food establishments (England)
- 5 February 2011 Lord Young's report - Common Sense Common Safety
- 26 January 2011 Delivery of official food safety controls to be reviewed
- 24 January 2011 Proposal to amend the frequency of certain official control inspections for on-farm dairy hygiene (England and Wales)
Listing of Available Publications
To ensure continuing access to potentially useful documents, copies of various official publications are retained on this site. The following list provides quick access to some of these selected publications relating to official control and enforcement in the UK.
Many of these items are p rovided uder the Open Government Licence. The symbol provides access to the original site of the publication - these links are not updated.
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