Food Fraud Task Force
Thursday 3 April 2008
Information about the Food Fraud Task Force and its recommendations for tackling food fraud.
The Food Fraud Task Force was an independent committee set up by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to review the various measures in place to tackle food fraud. It delivered its final report to the FSA Board in September 2007. The report included 16 recommendations for how the FSA and relevant stakeholder organisations could prevent food fraud.
In March 2008, the FSA Board discussed the recommendations and an action plan detailing the Agency's proposed response.
Background
At the February 2006 FSA Board meeting a paper was presented recommending the establishment of an independent Food Fraud Task Force to look into the issue of meat fraud and to make recommendations for tackling food fraud.
In April 2006, the Board agreed the terms of reference for the Task Force. Dr P J Barlow was selected as an independent Chair of the Task Force and he appointed its other 14 members who were independent stakeholders in the areas of food safety, quality and consumer protection.
Under its terms of reference, the Task Force considered various issues likely to impact on food fraud and, in particular, the current controls in place and their suitability to deter food fraud. The Task Force initially focused on the meat sector, and drew lessons which were applied more broadly to the rest of the food industry.
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