Food Law News - UK - 2020
FSA Board Paper (FSA 20-09-04), 3 September 2020
BREXIT / ADMINSTRATION – Board Paper: Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene Common Framework Update
The FSA has published a paper for discussion at the Board Meeting on 16 September 2020.
 | FSA Board Paper: Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene Common Framework Update A copy of this paper is available on this site (click on image). Provided uder the Open Government Licence. The original publication was accessed from: here |
The following is the Summary from the start of the Paper:
Summary
1.1 The common frameworks programme is a joint initiative between the UK Government (UKG) and Devolved Administrations (DAs). The aim of the programme is to develop enduring post-transition period agreements on how the four countries of the UK will work together within devolved policy areas where EU law previously created consistent approaches. The common framework agreements will set out working practices at the official level and the Ministerial level.
1.2 The food and feed safety and hygiene (FFSH) framework proposals have been jointly developed by officials from the four countries of the UK. The FFSH framework is intended to be agreed and signed up to by Ministers by the end of the transition period (31st December 2020). Before the FFSH framework can be implemented, a review and agreement process to ensure adequate scrutiny and to formally agree to the proposals is required. This process involves a number of steps, including FSA and FSS board discussions and agreement to proposals; scrutiny by parliamentary health committees and, subsequently, provisional endorsement of the proposals by JMC(EN) members. For more information on the framework agreement process, see Annex B.
1.3 This paper will:
- Inform the FSA Board of how the key elements of the FFSH framework proposals align with the strategic objectives for EU transition set by the Board.
- Set out the proposed role of the FSA Board within the FFSH framework's governance structures and its links to the UKIM proposals.
- Note the outstanding questions to be addressed and the FSA's approach to these.
1.4 The board will be asked to:
- Confirm it is content that the FFSH framework aligns with the strategic objectives it set for EU transition.
- Confirm it is content with its proposed role within the FFSH framework's governance.
- Note the interaction with the UKIM proposals.
- Agree that the FSA should provide advice to Ministers recommending that they provisionally endorse the FFSH framework proposals.