FSA Board Meeting - March 2026: Agenda and Papers

The agenda for this meeting includes:

• Programme Update: How the FSA is Preparing for a UK-EU SPS Agreement  
• Future of Food Regulation Programme
• Healthier Food Targets and Reporting
• Foodborne Disease - Update
• Final Report from the External Effectiveness Review of the FSA Board
• Report from the Chair of the Welsh Food Advisory Committee (WFAC)

09:00 Chair's Introduction and Chair's Report

Professor Susan Jebb presents the minutes and actions from the previous FSA Board meeting in December 2025 and presents the Chair's report.

FSA 26/03/01- Minutes of 10 December 2025 Board Meeting

FSA 26/03/02 - Actions Arising

Minutes of the Closed Discussion of  CLO 25/12/01 - Market Authorisations - Prioritisation

(CLO 25/12/01 was discussed in closed session at the December 2025 Board Meeting)

09:20 Chief Executive's Report (FSA 26/03/03)

Katie Pettifer presents the Chief Executive's report to the FSA Board.  This paper will be added on 23 March 2026.

FSA 26/03/03 - Chief Executive's Report.

09:50 Programme Update: How the FSA is Preparing for a UK-EU SPS Agreement  (FSA 26/03/04)

Laura Blair and Sam Faulkner present an update on the Food Standards Agency’s work to support UK Government preparations for a UK–EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement

FSA 26/03/04 - Programme Update: How the FSA is Preparing for a UK-EU SPS Agreement  

10:10 Future of Food Regulation Programme (FSA 26/03/05)

Beth Chaudhary, Rachel Cooper, Nathan Barnhouse and David Holmes present a paper setting out the work undertaken to establish the Future of Food Regulation programme, following the November 2025 budget announcement.

FSA 26/03/05 - Future of Food Regulation Programme

10:50 Break

11:10 Healthier Food Targets and Reporting (FSA 26/03/06)

Beth Chaudhary, Rachel Cooper and David Holmes introduce an update on the Government’s commitment to introduce mandatory healthy‑food sales reporting for large food businesses and to set targets to increase the healthiness of sales

FSA 26/03/06- Healthier Food Targets and Reporting 

11:40 Foodborne Disease -Update (FSA 26/03/07)

Rebecca Sudworth and Natasha Smith present a paper setting out the evidence gathering plan and initial findings to date from the investigation into possible causes for the increases in Campylobacter and Salmonella in official data published by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)/Public Health Bodies for 2024, along with next steps.

FSA 26/03/07 - Foodborne Disease -Update 

12:00 Final Report from the External Effectiveness Review of the FSA Board (FSA 26/03/08)

Timothy Riley and Christopher Westwood introduce the Final Report from the External Effectiveness Review of the FSA Board

FSA 26/03/08 - Final Report from the External Effectiveness Review of the FSA Board

12:20 Report from the Chair of the Welsh Food Advisory Committee (WFAC) (FSA 26/03/09)

Rhian Hayward introduces his report as the Chair of the Wales Food Advisory Committee (WFAC) on the activity of the Committee for the period April 2025 to March 2026.

FSA 26/03/09 - Report from the Chair of the Welsh Food Advisory Committee (WFAC)

12:35 Report of March ARAC meeting (INFO 26/03/01)

This paper will be added on 23 March 2026.

INFO 26/03/01 - Report of March ARAC meeting. 

12:45 Report from the Chair of the Business Committee (INFO 26/03/02)

This paper will be added on 23 March 2026.

INFO 26/03/02 - Report from the Chair of the Business Committee. 

12:55 Reports from the Chairs of the Food Advisory Committees (Oral Reports)

13:05 Any Other Business

13:10 Questions

13:20 Close

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