FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY Flashcards
What are the 4 main strands of the FSA?
- POLICY ADVICE & LEGISLATION
- RESEARCH & SURVEILLANCE
- GENERAL FOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT
- PUBLIC INFO & EDUCATION
What has the FSA to do with FARMING?
• Provents contaminated food entering the chain by surveillance
What has the FSA to do with FOOD EMERGENCY?
• Would manage & co-ordinate a national food emergency from contaminated food
What has the FSA to do with FOOD STANDARDS & QUALITY?
- Ensures consumer is not mislead about quality & consumption of food
- Conducts surveillance cameras
What has the FSA to do with FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES?
- Advises government on hygiene policies & micro-biological safety of food
- Supports investigations into outbreaks of Food poisoning
- Advertisement on TV highlighting danger of food poisoning
What does the FSA have to do with NOVEL FOODS & ADDITIVES?
NOVEL FOOD = a food that has minimal history within the EU
( GM foods / cholesterol lowering foods )
They will take action if the public is affected
What has the FSA to do with CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION & RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY?
- Responsible for checking food for contamination
- Monitors radioactive waste
- Runs surveillance
What happens at an EHO INSPECTION?
- discussion
- feedback
- questions
- watch in operation
- identify hazards
- inspect HACCP plans
- complete report of findings
What are the methods of ENFORCEMENT an EHO can issue?
- hygiene improvement notice
- hygiene emergency prohibition notice
- detention of food
What is a HYGIENE IMPROVEMENT NOTICE?
Specify solution to hazards and tell them when it must be resolved by
What is a HYGIENE PROHIBITION NOTICE?
It immediately stops production on site
What is DETENTION OF FOOD?
EHO can take what they want for inspection
