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Food Standards Agency Codes

Entry: Information/intelligence gathering

Notation:
OI-IG

Information/intelligence gathering is an activity to confirm key information relating to the food establishment

Examples:

  • Alternative Enforcement Strategy (AES) activity, e.g. use of self-assessment questionnaires. (Note: visits to confirm information supplied under AES should be recorded under ‘Verification and Surveillance’)
  • Visit to take sample/samples to provide information on some aspect of the food business but where the samples will not be analysed / examined at an official laboratory
  • Visit by a regulator other than the food authority to gather intelligence/information on a food establishment

Definition

broader Other interventions
description <DIV class="description"><P> Information/intelligence gathering is an activity to confirm key information relating to the food establishment</P> <H3>Examples:<H3> <ul> <li>Alternative Enforcement Strategy (AES) activity, e.g. use of self-assessment questionnaires. (Note: visits to confirm information supplied under AES should be recorded under ‘Verification and Surveillance’)</li> <li>Visit to take sample/samples to provide information on some aspect of the food business but where the samples will not be analysed / examined at an official laboratory</li> <li>Visit by a regulator other than the food authority to gather intelligence/information on a food establishment</li> </ul></DIV>
in scheme Categories of intervention
label Information/intelligence gathering
notation OI-IG
type Concept