UK Food Standards Agency

The Food Standards Agency came into existance on the 1 April 2000. They have their own website at: https://www.food.gov.uk/. Given below on this page are the links which were set up during the development of the Agency.

The Food Standards Act 1999

• The Food Standards Act (17 November 1999)

A copy is provided on this site of the following:

• Early Work by Government
  including:
  • EXTRACT FROM QUEEN'S SPEECH at opening of Parliament - 14 MAY 1997
  • PRESS NOTICE - 10 DOWNING STREET - 8 MAY 1997
  • FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY An Interim Proposal by Professor Philip James - 30 APRIL 1997 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN ENGLAND - extract from James Report
• Summary and recommendations of the Agriculture Committee Reports - Fourth Report - Food Safety, 29 April 1998.
• Summary of responses to the White Paper - Prepared by MAFF, 28 May 1998.
• Food Standards Bill - Fact Sheet: Additions and Changes to the Consultation Draft, and The Food Standards Bill - A Short Summary

The following are some relevant external links:

• The White Paper (January 1998)
  • WHITE PAPER: “The Food Standards Agency - A Force for Change” (14 January 1998)
  • House of Commons (Session 1997-98) Agriculture Committee Reports - Fourth Report - Food Safety (29 April 1998)
• The Draft Bill (January 1999)

  Giving access to the following (downloadable in pdf format):

  • Arrangement of Clauses
  • Bill paragraphs 1-19
  • Bill paragraphs 20-32
  • Schedules
• The Bill (Jnue 1999)
  • Press Releases from the CIEH:
    • Food Agency: Central Funding will Strengthen Independence, say Environmental Health Officers

This page was first established by David Jukes on 13 May 1997.