Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
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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