Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - UK - 2018

FSA Consultation, 5 July 2018

ENFORCEMENT – FSA Consultation: Regulating Our Future- Amendments to the Food Law Code of Practice (England)

The FSA welcomes stakeholders’ views on the proposed amendments to the Food Law Code of Practice (England)

Closing date 27 September 2018

About this consultation

This consultation is of interest to enforcement authorities, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of food products in England. 

Consultation subject

The Regulating Our Future (ROF) Programme aims to modernise how food businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are regulated, to ensure that our food is safe and what it says it is.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning to review the Food Law Code of Practice (Code) for England to:

• change the process of food business registration
• make changes to the application of the Food Establishment Intervention Rating Scheme
• recognise national inspection strategies
• obtain early views from stakeholders on other co-dependent aspects still in development

Consultation purpose

We welcome views on the proposals to amend the Code to operationalise the first phase of ROF related changes. These changes will:

• enable the new digital approach to the process of registration for new business
• enable the targeting of resources to maximise the impact on non-compliant businesses through amendments to the Food Establishment Intervention Rating Scheme
• recognise national inspection strategies, creating better alignment between the Code and Primary Authority.

We would also invite views to help inform the future development of local authority (LA) performance measures so more meaningful and real-time assessment of an LA's delivery of its obligations are possible.

Food Law Code of Practice consultation pack 2018 A copy of this document is available on this site (click on image). The FSA has also provided the following (which can be downloaded from the FSA website using the links): Food Law Code of Practice with track changes Food Law Code of Practice with changes