Food Standards Agency Data

Off-Site File Store Inventories (Iron Mountain and TNT) a list of paper file series originating from the FSA and the number of each held in archive, as well as their function and current owner. Information on electronic file series held by the FSA can be found in the datasets ‘Electronic File Series 2004-2013’ and ‘Food Standards Agency File Plan’. A file series is a method of classifying a collection of records relating to a specific topic. The file series is allocated a prefix made up of letters.

Information on non-consolidated performance related (bonus) payments made to FSA Civil Service staff including Senior Civil Service (SCS).

Official control monitoring data for toxin producing algae found in water samples within classified harvesting areas.

Official control monitoring data for toxin producing algae found in water samples within classified harvesting areas within Northern Ireland

Pig condition data collected by Food Standards Agency staff at approved meat establishments as a percentage of pig throughput. The data is aggregated to country level and is shown by month. Pig throughput data currently represents 50% of total throughput and will be updated as throughput data from remaining approved establishments becomes available.

Poultry condition data collected by Food Standards Agency staff at approved meat establishments as a percentage of poultry throughput. The data is aggregated to country level and is shown by month.

List of premises approved by Food Standards Agency using Poultry Inspection Assistants (PIAs) including numbers of PIAs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Summarised and anonymised details of disclosures made to the FSA as a Prescribed Person under public interest disclosure legislation. The FSA’s main objective is to protect public health from risks that may arise in connection with the consumption of food and otherwise to protect the interests of consumers in relation to food. It acts as central competent authority for enforcement of EU food and feed law.

A list of the number of Primary Authority Inspection Plans that the FSA has commented on. includes timescales and names of the Primary Authorities

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.

If there is a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold, then it might be 'withdrawn' (taken off the shelves) or 'recalled' (when customers are asked to return the product). The FSA issues Product Withdrawal Information Notices and Product Recall Information Notices to let consumers and local authorities know about problems associated with food. In some cases, a 'Food Alert for Action' is issued. This provides local authorities with details of specific action to be taken on behalf of consumers.

Lists of product ranges from food manufacturers, retailers and caterers that do not contain the six food colours associated with possible hyperactivity in young children.

Requirement to publish percentage of our invoices paid within i) 5 Days and ii) 30 Days on a quarterly basis.

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).

Numbers of animal feed inspections delivered and sampling carried out by Local Authorities on a quarterly basis, summarised by regional Trading Standards groups

Radioactivity monitoring reports used to ensure that any radiation present in the environment or food chain does not compromise food safety.

Surveying public awareness of food safety and the risks of eating rare burgers.

Volume of raw cows’ drinking milk samples which passed or failed their quarterly microbiological analyses by month.

This dataset contains all food incident notifications received from 2023. It provides details on the date received, type of incident, product type, notifier type, country of origin, and incident source.