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Actions Arising
FSA BC 26/03/02
From the FSA Business Committee on 1 December 2025
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Action |
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Owner and progress to date |
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Action 1 - Performance Report Q2 2025-26 (FSA BC 25/12/04) |
Junior Johnson to confirm whether raw drinking milk failures were repeat cases within a note on the FSA’s approach to raw drinking milk to be provided to the Board. |
16 March 2026 |
Junior Johnson – Complete: There have been repeat pathogen failures in all three plants within a 12 month rolling period. Specifically: • Olive Farm (Somerset): Two failures within Q2. • Elliscombe Farm (Somerset): One failure in Q2, with a previous failure in the preceding quarter. • Home Farm (Cheshire): One failure in Q2, with a previous failure in the preceding quarter. In all cases, trade remained ceased throughout the investigation period, and sales only resumed once evidence was provided confirming effective corrective actions and the absence of further pathogen detections. |
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Action 2 - Performance Report Q2 2025-26 (FSA BC 25/12/04) |
Future Performance Reports to provide percentage context for unrated businesses in the local authority data. |
16 March 2026 |
Beth Chaudhary/Rachel Cooper – Complete: Amendments have been made to the performance report to capture the additional information. The new version will be shared with the performance and planning team for consideration this week (WC 12/01)
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Action 3 - Performance Report Q2 2025-26 (FSA BC 25/12/04) |
Market Authorisations and central reporting team to develop and present a revised reporting model focused on priority applications and provide clarity on precision breeding applications and timelines at next meeting. |
16 March 2026 |
Rebecca Sudworth – Complete: Provided for discussion at March 2026 Business Committee meeting. |
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Action 4 - Performance Management Framework for Food Standards Delivery Model (FSA BC 25/12/05) |
Regulatory Compliance team to focus on accelerated progress with clear communications to local authorities outlining performance expectations and trajectory and regular updates to the Business Committee on progress. |
16 March 2026 |
Nathan Phillipo – Complete: The first letter to local authority food team on performance expectations was issued WC 15th December. The second letter to LA CEs from Katie was issued WC 5 January. Results of the survey included in the first letter on LA preparedness to report will be made available to BC as soon as analysis is complete. |
Actions from previous meetings
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Action |
Due Date |
Owner and progress to date |
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Action 3 – Chief Executive’s Report to the Business Committee (FSA BC 25/06/03) |
Darren Whitby to provide an update for the Board via a weekly circulation on progress of the UKHSA led working group on improving protocols for handling incidents in healthcare settings. |
Autumn 2025 |
Darren Whitby – Ongoing Limited progress on this work since the UKHSA-led meeting in April, due to summer priorities and resource gaps, we have requested further updates on the work and clarity on UKHSA prioritisation. FSA team has recruited to resolve resource gap and will seek progress with UKHSA. We will update when working group reconvenes |
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Action 2 - Performance Report Q1 2025-26 (FSA BC 25/09/04) |
Rebecca Sudworth to provide a revised forecast of expected applications and throughput. |
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Rebecca Sudworth – Complete: Provided for discussion at March 2026 Business Committee meeting. |