Welcome to the sixth Regulating Our Future Newsletter.

Welcome to our sixth Regulating Our Future newsletter. It's been a busy couple of months and there are a number of developments to update you on. These include the report from a feasibility study into how Primary Authority schemes might work in the future. We also have the findings of some insight work into how small and medium sized enterprises view regulation. Michael Jackson, Senior Business User for the programme gives an overview of progress and reflects on our local authority meetings earlier in the summer. As always please get involved by contributing to the discussion by joining the conversation #FoodRegulation or emailing us directly: FutureDelivery@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

Heather Hancock

Chairman, Food Standards Agency

Programme update

National Inspection Strategy feasibility study

We have published the latest ROF feasibility study, which looks at how the Primary Authority scheme, and in particular national inspection strategies, can play a role in the future regulation of food businesses.

Digital solution for Regulating Our Future

We've embarked on an intensive 10 week period of Discovery with Food Businesses, Local Authorities, and colleagues from across the FSA and other key stakeholders.

SME and Micro business insight report

As part of Regulating Our Future consultation, we commissioned some research work to ensure SME food businesses have an opportunity to input into the way in which food regulation is undertaken in future.

Pilot Project for the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety

We have published the findings of a pilot study which identifies the potential for the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standards assurance scheme to play a part in regulated private assurance, one of the key parts of the Regulating Our Future (ROF) model.

Local Authority engagement report

We have now completed the series of Local Authority Engagement events where we engaged with over 700 LA colleagues in the respective countries on our latest iteration of the Target Operating Model.

Listen to Michael Jackson, Senior Business User for ROF and the Assurance workstream lead, discussing the report and what happens next.