Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC)
SFELC is a group that co-ordinates the food law enforcement and sampling and surveillance activities of Scottish local authorities and comprises representatives of central and local government, consumers and industry.
The committee provides a forum for the discussion of topics relevant to any current problems and may initiate surveys or projects or co-ordinate specific investigations initiated by the local Food Liaison Groups that have been set up in four geographical areas.
Food Liaison Groups consist of representatives from Scottish local authorities and are concerned with consistency of food law enforcement activities in their area.
Membership list
Food Standards Agency (FSA) representatives
Peter Midgley, FSA Scotland
Jim Thomson, FSA Scotland
Lydia Wilkie, FSA Scotland
Enforcement representatives
Jim Dixon, East of Scotland Food Liaison Group
George Mair, West of Scotland Food Liaison Group
George Fairgrieve, Lothian and Borders Liaison Group
Andrea Carson, North of Scotland Food Liaison Group
Sandy Taylor, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
Tom Young, Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
Professional representatives
Dr Andrew Mackie, Association of Public Analysts Scotland (APAS)
Andrew Jamieson, Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)
Ian Robertson, Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health in Scotland (SoCOEHS)
Kate Connelly, Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS)
Dr Chris McGuigan, Consultant in Public Health Medicine (CPHM) Group
Dr Tom Reid, Scottish Microbiological Laboratory Group (SMLG)
Consumer representatives
Mary Lawton, Scottish Consumer Council (SCC)
Industry representatives
Fiona Moriarty, Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC)
Flora McLean, Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)
John Dyson, British Hospitality Association (Safegard)
Other Government departments
Rod House, Health Protection Scotland (HPS)
Sub Committee representatives
Craig Brown (West of Scotland Food Liaison Group), Food Safety Sub Committee
Paul Bradley (Lothian and Borders Food Liaison Group), Chairperson Food Standards Sub Committee
Secretariat
Ryan Bruce, FSA Scotland
Terms of Reference
The committee acts under the following terms of reference:
- contribute to the development of the FSA strategies in Scotland to improve their effectiveness
- aid and contribute to the consistency of local authority food law enforcement in Scotland
- consider new enforcement mechanisms and approaches and produce recommendations for implementation
- assist in the maintenance of an effective enforcement infrastructure
- consider all the relevant matters relating to food and animal feedstuffs
- consider any other issues relevant to the way the FSA works with local authority enforcement
- comment on draft legislation and guidance produced by the FSA
- review the work of the sub committees, working parties, and any other groups set up under the auspices of SFELC
Find out more
Meetings of the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee
Minutes of the Group's meetings and associated papers.
Food Safety Sub Committee
The Food Safety Sub Committee, a sub group of the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee, deals with food safety issues.
Food Standards Sub Committee
The Food Standards Sub Committee, a sub group of the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee, deals with food standards issues.
Feedstuffs Sub Committee
The Feedstuffs Sub Committee, a sub group of the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee, deals with animal feedstuffs issues.
Good practice identified during local authority audits in Scotland
When local authorities are to be audited by the Food Standards Agency Scotland they are asked to identify any area of work falling within the Framework Agreement on Local Authority Food Law Enforcement that the authority would want to nominate as an example of good practice.
National survey reports
The Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC) commissions surveys through its sub committees to consider food safety and food standards issues in Scotland. National survey reports are available.