May 28th, 2021
3 mins
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) have recently updated their guidance on how risk analysis keeps food and feed safe.
Since leaving the EU the FSA and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have taken on responsibility for assessing food and animal feed safety in the UK. This increased responsibility for risk analysis in the UK has led to them enhancing their guidance with new elements including:
- A clearer separation between the scientific analysis of risk (risk assessment) and the ways risks are controlled (risk management)
- An expanded role for the FSA’s Independent Scientific Advisory Committees
- A new process to advise government ministers on authorising regulated food and feed products for sale in England, Wales and Scotland
Note: current food and feed safety rules haven’t changed as European legislation has moved into UK law. However, when rules on food and feed marketed in Great Britain (GB) do need to change the FSA will now use their own risk analysis process rather than the EU’s process.
The process is different for Northern Ireland (NI) where Annex 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol means that if you wish to market food or feed in NI you need to continue to follow EU food and feed safety and hygiene regulations.
You can access the guidance here
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