Monday, February 13, 2017

In the Open

Welcome to the second edition of the regulatory policy newsletter - In the Open. We have now gone digital and the 2nd edition of the newsletter has now been published on our website.

Food Supplements

FSA Wales has produced a short leaflet for FBOs selling food supplements to remind them of their legal obligations. It sets out the responsibilities of an FBO, how food supplements should be labelled, information on nutrition or health claims, and unsafe products to look out for. The leaflet is aimed at smaller 'non-traditional' retailers of food supplements such as gyms or beauty salons.

Nutrition Labelling

Having a nutrition declaration on prepacked foods became mandatory from 13 December 2016. The FSA has updated the pages on the European food information to consumers regulations No.1169/2011 to include information on these new rules. The FSA in Northern Ireland, along with FSA Wales and Food Standards Scotland have also produced a leaflet and Q&A.

Allergen resources

The FSA has produced a range of allergen materials to assist local authorities and food businesses in promoting, implementing and complying with the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation. These resources are still available on our website and a number can still be ordered from Food Standards Agency Publications free of charge.

https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/publications

Consultations

Would you like to have a say on how we shape out policies? Here's your chance. We want you to tell us how our legislative proposals might affect you and your work. We also publish the responses we receive to all consultations. All information on consultations can be found here. There are currently no open consultation.

https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/consultations/

https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/help-shape-our-policies

FSA event on The Future of Shellfish

On 23 November 2016 as part of its ongoing commitment to effective stakeholder engagement, the FSA in Wales hosted a shellfish stakeholder event at Bangor University.

Legislation made

Here you will find details of legislation (Statutory Instruments) made for Wales. They are organised by year of publication.

Regulating our Future Newsletter

This is a newsletter about the work the Food Standards Agency is doing on the future food regulation. This is a regular publication bringing stakeholders up to date with the FSA's plans, who we've been talking to, stakeholder views and what's going to happen next. The latest issue had just been published.