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United Kingdom

• Food Standards Agency
  • News
  • Press Releases
  • Consultations
  • Food Standards News
  • Food Law Enforcement
    • Letters to Local Authorities
  • Regulation and Legislation
    • The Food Safety Act 1990: a Guide for Food Businesses (pdf file; 2009 Edition)
    • Food Law Guide (pdf file; October 2010)
    • Food Law in Scotland (July 2005: currently under review) (pdf file)
  • Scientific Committees
  • Archive Material
    • DoH - Industry Guides to Good Hygiene Practice (3)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  (incorporating the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF))
  • Press Releases
  • Consultations (Open)
  • Food and Farming
    • Food
    • Food Labelling
      • Country of Origin Labelling
    • Food Standards - Labelling and Composition
    • EU Protected Food Names
  • GM (Genetic modification)
  • Farm Animals
    • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
  • Veterinary Medicines Directorate (an Executive Agency of Defra)
• Department of Health (DH), UK
  • Press Releases
  • Consultations
  • Letters and circulars
    • Nutrition Interested Parties (IP) letters
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Chemicals Regulation Directorate: Pesticides
• Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) (at one time, the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI))
• Business L:ink
  • Organic Systems
• Scottish Government
• Welsh Assembly Government
• The BSE Inquiry
• Legislation.gov.uk
  • Public General Acts
    • Food Satefy Act 1990 (Revised)
  • UK Statutory Instruments
  • Wales Statutory Instruments
  • Scottish Statutory Instruments
  • Northern Ireland Statutory Rules
• Office of Public Sector Information (Opsi) (formerly HMSO)
  • Acts of Parliament (all since 1988; some from earlier)
    • Food Safety Act 1990
    • Food Standards Act 1999 (pdf version) /Food Standards Act 1999 (html version)
  • Statutory Instruments (from 1987)
    • Food Labelling Regulations 1996 (as published)
  • Scottish Statutory Instruments (from 1999)
  • Welsh Statutory Instruments (from 1999)
  • Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland (from 1991)
• TSO Online Bookshop (formerly The Stationery Office)
  • Daily List - Index
• Parliament
  • House of Commons
  • House of Lords
• HM Courts Service
• Enforcement Work
  • Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), UK
  • Trading Standards Institute (TSI)
  • Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) (formerly LACOTS)
  • The Association of Public Analysts
    • UK and EU Legislation
• British Standards Institute (BSI)
  • British Standards On-line
• Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK)
  • Information Statements
  • Links
• Campden BRI (formerley Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association and the Brewing Reseach Institute)
• Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) (formerly Leatherhead Food Research Association)
• Advertising Standards Authority
  • Advertising Codes
  • Adjudications

Europe

• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  • Press Releases
  • Management Board - Papers, etc
  • Scientific Panels and Units - Links to committees
• Europa Homepage
  • What's New on Europa?
  • Eur-Lex (Legal documents)
    • Search pages
      • By natural number
      • By search term
      • Consolidated text
    • Official Journal (with links for OJs from 1998)
      • Search page (all years)
    • Commission Documents (COM DOCS):
    • Treaties
      • Consolidated versions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty on European Union (Dec 2006) (pdf file)
      • Treaty of Lisbon (Dec 2007) (pdf file)
    • Directory of Community legislation in force
      • 03.50.30 - Animal health and zootechnics
      • 13.30.12 - Metrology
      • 13.30.14 - Foodstuffs
      • 15.20.20 - Consumer information, education and representation
  • Summaries of Legislation (fomerley SCAD Plus)
    • Food Safety
    • Consumers (includes product labelling)
    • Agriculture
    • Internal Market
  • The European Commission
    • DG Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO)
      • Food Safety
        • Consultations
        • Regulatory Committees: Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
        • EU positions papers for Codex Alimentarius
        • Food Labelling
        • Food and Veterinary Office (FVO)
    • DG Agriculture
      • Agriculture and Food
      • Quality Policy (PDO/PGI/TSG)
      • Organic Farming
    • DG Trade (External)
    • DG Enterprise and Industry
      • Metrology and Pre-packaging
      • Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
    • DG Internal Market and Services
    • Secretariat-General of the European Commission
    • Press Room
      • RAPID Database
  • The Council of the European Union
    • Latest News
    • Newsroom Search Page
    • Documents
  • The European Parliament (EUROPARL)
    • News
      • Press Releases - All
    • The Legislative Observatory
      • Search
    • Committee: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
  • The Court of Justice of the European Communities
    • Press Releases
    • Judgements: 1953 - 1988
    • Judgements: 1989 - Present
    • Court of First Instance - Judgements
  • European Economic and Social Committee
• European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
  
• Council of Europe
  • Social Affairs - Public Health - Protection of the consumer
    • Flavouring substances
    • Food contact
    • Nutrition, Food and Consumer Health
    • Pesticides
• European Food Law Association (EFLA-AEDA) (under construction: Sept 2009)

International Organisations

• Codex Alimentarius Commission
  • Codex Procedural Manual (20th Edition - 2011) and Update (pdf file)
  • Codex Standards:
    • Listing
  • Recent Meetings Reports
  • Understanding the Codex Alimentarius (3rd Edition; Nov 2006) (pdf file)
  • Codex Alimentarius Commission Reports:
    • 34th Session (July 2011)
    • 33rd Session (July 2010) (pdf file)
    • 32nd Session (June/July 2009) (pdf file)
    • 31st Session (July 2008) (pdf file)
    • 30th Session (July 2007) (pdf file)
    • 29th Session (July 2006) (pdf file)
    • 28th Session (July 2005) (pdf file)
    • 27th Session (June/July 2004) (pdf file)
    • 26th Session (June/July 2003) (pdf file)
    • 25th (Extraordinary) Session (February 2003) (pdf file)
    • 24th Session (July 2001)
    • 23nd Session (July 1999) (pdf file)
    • 22nd Session (June 1997)
• Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
  • FAO - Media Centre
  • Nutrition and Consumer Protection
    • Food Safety and Quality (AGNS)
      • Integreated Food Control Systems
      • Crisis Management
      • Provision of Scientific Advice
      • Capacity Building and Training
      • Chemicals in Food
        • Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) (FAO page)
      • Meetings, Conferences and Consultations
        • Global Fora and Regional Conferences on Food Safety
    • AGNS Publications
      • Strengthening national food control systems - Guidelines to assess capacity building needs (2006) (pdf file)
      • Food safety risk analysis - A guide for national food safety authorities (2006) (pdf file)
      • The Application of Risk Communication to Food Standards and Safety Matters (1998) (pdf file)
      • Risk Management and Food Safety (1997) (pdf file)
      • Biotechnology and Food Safety (1996) (pdf file)
  • FAO Legal Office
    • Publications
      • Perspectives and Guidelines on Food Legislation with a New Model Food Law (2005) (pdf file)
    • FAOLEX Data Base on national legislation
• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • News Releases
  • Food Safety
    • Food Standards (Codex Alimentarius)
    • Biotechnology (GM Foods)
    • Microbiological Risks in Food
    • Chemical Risks
    • Capacity Building
    • Publications related to Food Safety
      • Assuring food safety and quality: guidelines for strengthening national food control systems (2006) (pdf file)
      • Guidance on regulatory assessment of HACCP (1998) (pdf file)
      • Application of Risk Analysis to Food Standard Issues (1995) (pdf file)
  • International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
    • Chemicals in Food
      • Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) (WHO page)
• World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  • WTO News
  • Press Releases - 2010
  • WTO Documents
    • Legal Texts
      • Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (The SPS Agreement) (pdf file)
      • Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (The TBT Agreement) (pdf file)
      • Dispute Settlement Understanding (pdf file)
  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
    • Links to members' SPS related web sites
  • Dispute Settlement
  • Understanding the WTO
    • The WTO in brief
• International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Biotechnology
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • Programme: Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
    • Food and Environment Protection
• International Union of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST)
  
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • ISO Standards
    
• Summary of Evaluations Performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)

Other National Sites

USA

• USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food
    • Guidance, Compliance & Regulatory Information
    • Food Safety
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Laws and Regulations
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
    • Regulations and Policies
      • Intenational Affairs
  • Codex Alimentarius
  • Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
    • FAS Attache Reports (for reports up to Feb 2009)
    • Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) (for reports from Feb 2009)
• Foodsafety.gov ('Gateway to Government Food Safety Information')
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
  • IFT Divisions: Food Laws and Regulations
• Michigan State University: Institute for Food Laws and Regulations (IFLR)

Canada

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
• Health Canada

Australia / New Zealand

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand
  • Food Standards Code and User Guide