The cross-departmental project team behind Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (PATH-SAFE), a major programme of pathogen surveillance, has been awarded Government funding for the project through the second round of HM Treasury’s Shared Outcomes Fund.
The Food Standards Agency has published its ‘Consumer perceptions of genome edited food’ report, as part of wider efforts to increase our evidence base in the field of genetic technologies.
On 1 October 2021, the law on allergen labelling for pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) foods will change. This means that any food business selling PPDS foods will have to include full ingredients on the product label with allergenic ingredients emphasised within that list.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has today published its Wales Annual Report and Accounts for the past financial year. The report covers our performance and activities in 2020/21 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a net cost of £114.2 million.