Actions Arising - September 2023 Business Committee Meeting

Index

Action

Due Date

Owner and progress to date

Action 1 - Performance and Resources Q4 2022-23 (FSA BC 23-06-04)

To provide further information on the data used to inform the escalation process for food standards.

September 2023

Katie Pettifer

To provide info for Members before September Business Committee meeting.

Action 2 - Performance and Resources Q4 2022-23 (FSA BC 23-06-04)

To provide further information on funding for directed sampling.

September 2023

Julie Pierce

Complete

Additional information on the directed sampling programme and its scope has been provided to Board Members.

Action 3 - Performance and Resources Q4 2022-23 (FSA BC 23-06-04)

To provide information on the science satisfaction KPI.

September 2023

Julie Pierce

Complete

The science division conducts a survey across the FSA each year to ensure we are providing our advice and evidence in the most useful way.  The overall KPI was calculated as the average satisfaction across 5 separate dimensions of that survey.

Action 4 - Food Hypersensitivity Programme Update (FSA BC 23-06-05)

To provide an update on the timeline for a proposal to Ministers within a year, including Board consideration to approve the approach.

December 2023

Food Hypersensitivity team

Complete

Paper will be included on the Agenda for the Board’s meeting in December 2023.

Index

Action

Due Date

Owner and progress to date

Action 2 –

External Review of the National Food Crime Unit (FSA 22/12/15)

Executive to provide costings for the implementation of the NFCU Reviews recommendations in next Business Committee update.

As Available

Darren Davies

Ongoing:

The NFCU is engaging with staff and wider parties to develop a plan to implement the 5 recommendations from the NFCU review.  A draft plan will be ready in March and will be used to inform NFCU’s Business Plan and priorities for FY 23-24.

There will be a number of options to consider in the short, medium and longer term.

Work is underway on about half of the more implicit 38 areas for improvement identified within the body of the Review.  We have considered a broad range of actions to respond to each finding and we are now in the process of prioritising an action plan.  The nature of the Review’s findings and the timescale for transformation means that while some actions can be costed ahead of the next Financial year, other actions may require costing and implementation over a longer time period as part of a 3-year plan.

Action 1 –

Performance and Resources Q4 2021-22 (FSA 22/06/16)

The Chair noted 180 deaths from foodborne disease annually was a concern and asked for this item to return to the Board for further discussion to identify further opportunities for continuous improvement.

June 2023

Julie Pierce and Rebecca Sudworth

Ongoing:

•         In the September Chief Executive Report it was noted that new work had required reprioritisation and work in some areas including the Foodborne disease framework had slowed.

•         SERD is planning to deliver a number of pieces of relevant new research before the end of the calendar year. Key outputs include a review of research commissioned under the AMR research programme, a report on the completed pilot of the IID3 project, the full results of which will inform and support the prioritisation of future intervention strategies, and a horizon-scanning workshop to understand food safety threats that will face UK consumers in the future. We also have projects going beyond the end of the year in IID3 delivery, Salient and PATH-SAFE.

•         Policy is reviewing the FSA/FSS approach to controlling foodborne disease and will update the Board on foodborne disease priorities in December 2023.

•         SERD will review and, if appropriate consider if thresholds  (for key pathogens) at which the FSA would carry out action need updating – progress for December Board discussion..