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Joint Food Standards Agency and Department for Education and Skills consultation on minimum food-related knowledge and skills (competencies) of young people aged 14-16 years.
Jillian Pitt
Room 808C,
Aviation House,
125 Kingsway,
London
WC2B 6NH
Tel:
020 7276 8938
Fax:
020 7276 8906
E-mail:
jillian.pitt@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Responses are requested by: 21 October 2003
If young people are to be capable of selecting and preparing a safe and healthy balanced diet for themselves when they leave school, or otherwise become independent, they need to have attained minimum standards (competencies) of food-related knowledge and skills.
The Food Standards Agency and the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), in collaboration with others from across government, have drafted a set of competencies and commissioned research in England with the target group of 14-16 year olds to determine their knowledge and skills in relation to these competencies and to identify any gaps that may exist.
The Agency and the DfES seek your views on the competencies identified in the consultation paper ‘Getting to Grips with Grub’ and, when finally agreed, how gaps can be addressed and how these competencies can be implemented in a sustainable manner.
‘Getting to Grips with Grub’ will be available on the Food Standards Agency, (External) Department for Education and Skills and the (External) Design and Technology Association websites.
Please send comments to the address below marking your envelope clearly with COMPETENCIES CONSULTATION to reach us no later than 5pm on 21 October 2003. Please note that comments will not be responded to individually, but taken into account in the consultation summary.
This consultation has been prepared in accordance with the (External) HM Government Code of Practice on Consultation , which states that a consultation must follow better regulation best practice, including carrying out an Impact Assessment (Regulatory Impact Assessment in Scotland). The assessment is included in the consultation documents.
We are interested in what you thought of this consultation and would therefore welcome your general feedback on both the consultation package and overall consultation process. If you would like to assist us to improve the quality of future consultations, please feel free to share your thoughts with us by using the consultation feedback questionnaire.
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In accordance with the FSA principle of openness our Information Centre at Aviation House will hold a copy of the completed consultation. Responses will be open to public access upon request. The FSA will also publish a summary of responses, which may include personal data, such as your full name and contact address details. If you do not want this information to be released, please complete and return the Publication of Personal Data Form. Return of this form does not mean that we will treat your response to the consultation as confidential, just your personal data.
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Within three months of a consultation ending we aim to publish a summary of responses received and provide a link to it from this page.
If, after three months, the summary is still not showing, please contact the person who was responsible for the original consultation. Alternatively, you can contact Judith Taylor, the FSA Consultation Co-ordinator, on 020 7276 8633.
Email:
judith.taylor@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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