Decision details

FP2102 Food Safety Service Plan

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

Decision taken

Cabinet approved the Food Safety Service Plan and the Food Sampling Plan 2025/26.

 

Reason for decision

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has overall responsibility for the official control of food law enforcement in England.  This involves co-ordinating, monitoring, setting standards and auditing local authority food law enforcement activities.  This includes a requirement that all local authorities produce a food safety service plan which has been agreed by their members.  The plan for 2025/26 is shown in Appendix A of the report. The plan had been written having regard to the format prescribed by the FSA.

Publication date: 03/04/2025

Date of decision: 01/04/2025

Decided at meeting: 01/04/2025 - Cabinet

Effective from: 10/04/2025

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