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What is RSS?From 1 January 2005 the general right of access to information held by public authorities came into force under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs).
Many documents provided by the Food Standards Agency will have been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-using documents covered by Crown Copyright on the (External) OPSI website .
Information provided under the Freedom of Information Act which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright or other Intellectual Property rights of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Their permission should be gained before reproducing or publishing any third party (non Crown Copyright) information.
The EIRs establish an access regime which allows people to request environmental information from public authorities and those bodies carrying out a public function. Both the Act and Regulations are enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Below are lists of information released by the Food Standards Agency and its Executive Agency, the Meat Hygiene Service, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Where information has been withheld under provisions in the FOIA or the EIRs, details are given in the third column under the heading ‘Outcome’. Glossaries of the relevant sections and regulations are provided at the links below.
If you cannot find details of the information you are looking for and want to make a request for information to the Agency, use our Contact Us list to identify the correct person. There is a link to the Agency's publication scheme below.
Please note these lists do not include the 88 requests for a copy of the register of dairy establishments the FSA received in 2005, or the 9 similar requests received in early 2006. In response to these requests we provided the register, withholding only a small amount of information under s40 and s43 of the Freedom of Information Act. Since June 2006 the List of approved milk and dairy establishments has been published on the Agency website.
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(pdf 17KB) Disclosure log Exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000Download pdf
(pdf 21KB) Freedom of Information Act Publication Scheme Read the full documentDownload pdf
(pdf 64KB)A list of requests received by the Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service that have been granted or partially granted in 2007. These exclude normal business requests.
A list of requests received by the Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service that have been granted or partially granted in 2006. These exclude normal business requests.
A list of requests received by the Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service that have been granted or partially granted in 2005. These exclude normal business requests.
Summary of information released in June 2006 relating to the Food Standards Agency's and Meat Hygiene Service's information technology (IT) assets, registers, staff numbers and annual expenditure.
Summary of Syngenta letter to European Commission on 6 April 2005 released under the Environmental Information Regulations.
People's names have been removed under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act (personal information). In addition, a small amount of information in the record of the meeting of 15 February 2005 has been withheld under section 31 (law enforcement).
A list of requests received by the Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service that have been granted or partially granted in 2008. These exclude normal business requests.
The Food Standards Agency is publishing the audit reports for both the slaughterhouse and cutting plant of St Merryn Meats (Merthyr Tydfil) as a result of a request handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Following the release of audit reports for two establishments in May 2008 (Pembrokeshire Meat Company and Welsh Hook Meat Centre), the most recent audit reports relating to these establishments are being released as a result of a further request handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
The Food Standards Agency is today publishing audit reports from the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), following routine visits to Bernard Matthews Plc in Holton during the period March 2006 to January 2007. The Agency is publishing these reports as a result of requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Food Standards Agency is publishing certain audit reports from the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), following routine visits to approved slaughterhouses and cutting plants.
The Food Standards Agency is publishing certain audit reports from the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS), following routine visits to approved slaughterhouses and cutting plants.
The Food Standards Agency has published the minutes of eight stakeholder meetings held in 2006 with various members of industry to inform the development of the salt targets which were published in March 2006. The Agency has published these reports as a result of requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act.
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