Food Standards Agency Data

Annual reports of food incidents, risks and what action was taken to protect consumers (withdrawals and recalls).

Correspondence received from FSA stakeholders that require a response in either the Chair’s or the Chief Executive’s name.

Correspondence received from Members of Parliament that require a response in the Chair’s or Chief Executive’s name. Also includes correspondence from Members of Parliament to Dept. of Health (DH) or Defra Ministers, which require a response in the DH Minister’s name.

Correspondence received from members of the public which will be answered by locally by the relevant FSA business area.

A detailed list of FSA data assets and data-sets. Covering plans, registers, stakeholder lists, and businesses reports.

A summary of data sharing agreements between the FSA and other organisations.

Details the file structure in the top two tiers of Wisdom - the FSA Electronic Document Management System. The file plan is ordered to match functions carried out by the FSA.

The FSA information asset list shows a collection of different types of information relating to a topic. Recording that they have value so they can be managed together and effectively used, shared and protected.

A log of all FSA information management and security incidents (does not contain Cyber Incidents).

A summary of internal requests for advice and guidance on aspects of information governance, security, records management and data protection within the FSA.

A log of internal awareness activities raised by the FSA Information Management and Security teams. Includes a brief description of the subject, month and channel used: FoodWEB (the FSA intranet); Wisdom (the name of the FSA Records Management System); and Yammer (used for social networking within the FSA).

Summary details of FSA records transferred to the Government National Archives and processed against the ‘20 Year Rule’ target, since autumn 2012.

A list of the Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) carried out in 2016. A PIA is a review conducted at the start of new project or service designed to identify and minimise the privacy risks.

A bi-annual FSA consumer attitudes tracker survey. Used to monitor attitudes in four main areas: Awareness of the FSA responsibilities; Trust in the FSA; Food-related concerns; and Awareness of hygiene standards in eating establishments.

The quarterly reports of food incidents, risks and what action was taken to protect consumers (withdrawals and recalls).

A summary of Subject Access Requests made to the FSA - the right, under the data protection act, to request a copy of personal data held by the FSA.

Reports on usage levels of the FSA Record Management system (Wisdom). Monitored by directorate to ensure that staff are complying with the FSA Information Management policy.