Food Standards Agency Data

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If there is a problem with a food product that means it should not be sold, then it might be 'withdrawn' (taken off the shelves) or 'recalled' (when customers are asked to return the product).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.

A quarterly-update of the gifts and hospitality received and registered by FSA Board members and Directors

A list of dairy producers registered with the Food Standards Agency

Premises registered with the FSA for producing raw drinking milk.

A breakdown showing completion rates and cost per transactions for the report a food problem service.

A breakdown showing user satisfaction for the report a food problem service.

FSA Net expenditure (excluding AME) £m and Staffing FTEs.

The FSA commissioned this independent review to look at the FHRS safeguards for businesses – the appeal process, requests for re-inspection and right to reply, with the primary focus on appeals – and to identify any improvements that could be made. Evidence was gathered from a wide range of local authority, industry and consumer stakeholders as well as from FSA officials administering FHRS.