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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland ( FSAI) ( Irish: Údarás Sábháilteachta Bia na hÉireann – USBE) is the statutory body responsible for ensuring food produced, distributed or marketed in Ireland complies with food safety and hygiene standards, best practice codes and legal requirements. The FSAI was established on 1 January 1999, with ...
The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest. Its headquarters are in London, with offices in York, Birmingham ...
Food administration. A food safety agency or food administration or Food Safety Authority is a government agency responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and proper labeling of food products within a country or region. These agencies play a crucial role in protecting public health by establishing and enforcing regulations and standards to ...
a "zero tolerance" approach to food fraud or food crime; a focus on intelligence gathering; the role of laboratory services; the value of audit and assurance regimes; targeted government support for the integrity and assurance of food supply networks; leadership, and; crisis management in response to any serious food safety or food crime ...
Food Safety Authority may refer to: European Food Safety Authority. New Zealand Food Safety Authority. Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) announced that horse meat had been found in frozen beefburgers at several Irish and British supermarkets, including Tesco, Asda, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. The FSAI conducted tests on a selection of beef and salami products with "best before" dates between June 2012 and March 2014. [95]
They are subject to extensive, case-by-case, science-based food evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). This agency reports to the European Commission, which then drafts proposals for granting or refusing authorisation. Each proposal is submitted to the "Section on GM Food and Feed of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain ...
The law in the United Kingdom on food information and labelling is multifaceted and is spread over many reforms and parliamentary acts.UK law is based on the relevant European Union rules, chiefly Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, which is implemented in the UK in the Food Information Regulations 2014, [1] the Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014, [2] the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations ...