Access to food hygiene ratings on the move - free API developed – Govt Open Data Agenda

Access to food hygiene ratings on the move - free

API developed – Govt Open Data Agenda

November – 5 Regional User Groups (Experience, Improvements, the future)

Olympics – Play it Safe

“The sheer scale of London 2012 means that consistent partnership will be required to ensure that the eating experience is safe and hygienic”

Olympics – Play it Safe• Food Safety at heart of LOCOG Food Vision• Great LA work with food businesses \

suppliers before event – FSA supported:– Additional inspections to check\raise compliance– Funded coaching sessions– ATP\water testing kits– Specific officer training– Central storage (seizure) units– Updates \ Olympic directory\ incident exercises

• Target was a Safe Games – Achieved ! • Legacy – learning, FHRS, confidence, reputation

Support for LAs

• LAs have a crucial consumer protection role• FSA priority to support front line delivery• Continued guidance \ advice \ liaison –

accept we can improve • 2011-12, FSA increased its grant funding to

LAs. Over £7.5 m for LA food teams covering:– Food \ feed \ imports sampling, feed visits,

training, FBO coaching, FHRS, Olympic funding

• This remains a priority

Food Fraud

• Greater intelligence and targeting key strategic priorities

• FSA have strengthened Fraud teams• Improving links, reports & support for LAs• Increasingly generating intelligence for LAs

– Aware there are feedback issues

• Remember - resources (technical and financial) available for investigations \ actions.

• Please report (5x5x5) intelligence.....intelligence has no value unless you share it !

False health marks

Fake Champagne

LA key role in food fraud

Adulterated Basmati Rice

False organic claims

Illegal harvesting of shellfish Illegal slaughter / Smokies

Counterfeit vodka

Illegal re-dating

Food Safety Week 2012• Theme - ‘Food Safety on a budget’• Positive feedback received on both theme and

partnership with Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW)

Promoting food safety alone does not rock people’s boats, but

because we joined with partners to promote several

things, we could capture people who would not normally talk to use

Imaginative and the best there has been

PR and media coverage

• Generated 204 news items and 35 million WITS*, of which 96% was positive

• Ten fold increase on 2011 (3.3 million)• Approach to PR worked well. FSA should

continue to champion the use of social media. • Main reason for lack of involvement is lack of

resources - FSA will continue to make participation as easy as possible

• Many LAs (hygiene & standards) did support.*WITS – Weighted Impacts Tallies an industry standard measure that reports the number of opportunities that

the public has to see coverage

Potential themes for FSW 2013• Food safety risks in the home

– Deliver a serious message in an engaging way

– ‘Tools’ that enable consumers to rate their domestic practices in a similar way to FHRS

– Could be used in an educational capacity in schools

• Food safety from farm to fork (plant to plate)– An opportunity to highlight a variety of areas including: harvesting,

washing produce, hand washing, labelling

– Create understanding about where food comes from

– Opportunity to work with a variety of organisations e.g. schools, garden centres, allotments

– Possible tie in to Open Farm Sunday (9th June)

Views ?

LAEMS

• 100 % returns for 2011-12 THANK YOU• Enforcement paper \ data, including audit

outcomes: publication – 13th November• Data will highlight activity & impact

– Improvements– Approaches – Stresses– Feed into COP \ reviews

• Currently analysing, validating and sense checking

Review of Delivery of Official Controls - Food

Evaluate the effectiveness of the current official controls delivery model•3rd Progress Report FSA Board 12th Sept.•Identified evidence sources, defined gaps•Designed evidence programme External data collection underway shortly

The Baseline(Assessing the

current)

Scoping Improvements & Alternatives

Horizon Scanning

(Sustainability)

Your opportunity to contribute

• Input needed to inform the review processRecommendations dependent on data gatheredUse for the review and to FSA in general to

support OC delivery.

• Overview of LA delivery and in-depth studyOnline survey launched - September 2012Case studies starting - October 2012

• Research with individual officersOnline forums, asking for nominations

http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/ocreview/

The FSA• Reviewed & reorganised field (meat) structures• Retendered all UK SLAs for FSA contracted out

services eg meat, shellfish, eggs, dairy holdings• Brought dairy holdings hygiene controls in-house

(from AHVLA)– Reduced inspections required (11 K to 3 K per annum) by

Earned Recognition of assurance schemes

• Significant savings \ more consistent, risk based controls

• Looking for good LA \ FSA Field Ops links - regional teams can help if needed

• New CEO starting October 2012

Current Strategic Issues

• Feed – paper going to November Board• Emerging risks research to help target FSA \

LA activity work• Better regulation

– Reduce burdens, create environment which promotes growth

– Challenge reviews on food sector regulation - generally show controls fit for purpose (FBOs stressed supportive approach – a few issues)

Current Strategic Issues

• Govt Review on Powers of Entry – FSA will seek views Jan 2013

• Reducing Regulation Committee scrutinises all Impact Assessments for changes.– Full Cost recovery (meat) & RANS delayed

• EU 882 review – Commission to issue proposals (to include charging) early next year – watch this space.

Regional Contacts

• Marcia Nightingale – EM \ Y&H Regional Coordinator: 07768776258

• Sandra Cockell – EM\ Y&H Deputy Regional Coordinator: 07887451494

John Barnes – 07867537836 ([email protected])