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Our Food 2022: An annual review of food standards across the UK

Our Food 2022: Appendix 3 Table of figures

Table of figures included in the annual report on food standards report 2022.

Setting this year's report in context

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Figure 1 Percentage change over 12 months of inflation by commodity type
Figure 2 Percentage change over 12 months (2022) - Food Inflation rates vs overall consumer prices index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) 

Chapter 1: The nation's plate

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Figure 3 Percentage change over 12 months of inflation by commodity type
Figure 4 Percentage change over 12 months (2022) - Food Inflation rates vs overall consumer prices index including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH) 
Figure 5 The top reported food concerns for consumers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Figure 6 The top reported food concerns for consumers in Scotland 
Figure 7 Who is most vulnerable to food insecurity?
Figure 8 Reported changes in consumer behaviours in response to rising prices in England, Wales,  and Northern Ireland.
Figure 9 Scottish Health Survey 2021 
Figure 10 Changes to consumers’ food storage and cooking practices in England, Wales,  and Northern Ireland
Figure 11 Changes to consumers’ food storage and cooking practices in Scotland
Figure 12 Changes to consumers’ food storage and cooking practices

Chapter 2: Going global

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Figure 13 Total UK import volumes of all food and feed over time, 2014-22
Figure 14 Yearly percentage change in total import volumes
Figure 15 Top 10 countries by import volumes for 2022
Figure 16 Changes in import vales across selected countries
Figure 17 Total volume of imports split by main categories of POAO, FNAO and animal feed
Figure 18 Percentage of rest of world consignments failing import checks in Great Britain, 2021-22
Figure 19 Changes to designation of high-risk foods

Chapter 3: Keeping it clean

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Figure 20 Responsibilities for maintaining food hygiene controls across the UK
Figure 21 Percentage of UK food businesses achieving satisfactory or better ratings for food hygiene, as of 31 December 2022
Figure 22 Percentage distribution of FHRS ratings as of 31 December 2022
Figure 23 Percentage of food business operators in Scotland compliant with food laws for 2021/22 financial year
Figure 24 The number of food businesses issued a food hygiene rating by quarter for England, Wales and Northern Ireland from Q1 19/20 to Q4 22/23
Figure 25 The number of food businesses issued a food hygiene rating by quarter in Scotland from Q1 19/20 to Q4 22/23
Figure 26 Percentage of meat establishments rated as good or satisfactory for hygiene in 2022
Figure 27 Breakdown of compliance ratings for meat establishments as of 31 December 2022
Figure 28 Percentage of dairy establishments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland which achieved the highest outcomes of either Good or Generally Satisfactory as of 31 December 2022
Figure 29 Dairy Hygiene compliance levels for inspections as of 31 December 2022
Figure 30 Dairy establishments enforcement activity in Scotland
Figure 31 Percentage of feed organisations assessed as compliant with hygiene standards, according to latest available data
Figure 32 Number of allocated food safety posts held by local authorities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 2010/11
Figure 33 Percentage of unfilled food hygiene posts (FTE) in local authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

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Number of allocated food hygiene posts held by local authorities across Scotland as of November 2021
Figure 35 Number of filled local authority food law posts (FTE) in Scotland

Chapter 4: Safe and sound: food incidents, food crime and surveillance sampling

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Figure 36 Number of reported food incidents in the UK
Figure 37 Top six food categories involved in reported food incidents from
2019 to 2022
Figure 38 Number of incidents of contamination by harmful microorganisms
in the UK
Figure 39 Number of food incidents involving allergens
Figure 40 Trends in UK laboratory confirmed cases per 100,000 population of
the four major GI pathogens
Figure 41 Number of outbreaks attributed to specific pathogens reported in
the UK, 2022
Figure 42 Total number of Allergy Alerts published by FSA and FSS
Figure 43 Allergy alerts by type of allergen
Figure 44 Total number of product recall information notices issued in the UK
Figure 45 Summary of Unsatisfactory Sampling Results by Category
Figure 46 Reasons for non-compliance across all samples
Figure 47 The key areas of focus for food crime investigations in 2022
Figure 48 The key areas of focus for disruptions carried out by food crime
units in 2022