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The Food Standards Agency is seeking comments on its draft response to the Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF) Review of Feed Law Enforcement published June 2005.
Allyson Allman
Animal Feed Unit
Food Standards Agency
Room 415B, Aviation House
125 Kingsway, London WC2B 6NH
Tel:
020 7276 8466
Fax:
020 7276 8478
E-mail:
allyson.allman@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Responses are requested by: 21 April 2006
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(pdf 39KB)This consultation is complete and no responses were received by FSA Wales.
The Agency's draft response to ACAF's review, in the form of an action plan, can be found at the link below. Ongoing and proposed action is listed alongside each of the Committee's recommendations. All comments received will be considered and where necessary used to finalise the action plan.
Some of the actions have already been undertaken as a result of suggestions made by a European Commission Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) mission to the UK in July 2003.
Background
The regulatory regime for animal feed is harmonised throughout the European Union (EU).
European Commission legislation concerns the integrity of the feed chain
and is primarily intended to safeguard animal and human health.
Much of it covers feed hygiene, labelling and marketing as well as various aspects of feed composition, such as the additives (minerals, colourants, flavourings, preservatives, etc.) authorised for use in feed, the maximum permitted levels of certain contaminants (dioxins, lead, arsenic, aflatoxin B1, and others), and the nutritional claims that may be made for certain types of feedingstuffs.
ACAF was set up in June 1999. It advises the Food Standards Agency, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministers of the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales, and the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland on the safety and use of animal feeds and feeding practices, with particular emphasis on protecting human health and with reference to new technical developments. In carrying out its functions, the Committee liaises with other relevant advisory committees as appropriate.
In December 2002, ACAF considered that the effectiveness of feed law enforcement in the UK was an important area that should be reviewed. At its 19th meeting on 15 April 2003, the Committee embarked upon a review of feed law enforcement with presentations by organisations responsible for ensuring compliance with feed law or feed quality standards. The Committee also sought background information on the UK and EU Member States enforcement systems, the roles of enforcement bodies and assurance schemes in feed law enforcement, and funding arrangements in the UK for feed enforcement. It also consulted stakeholders on their views of the current arrangements for feed law enforcement and, in particular, on areas where improvements could be made. A list of papers, responses to the consultation and other information considered by the Committee can be found in Annexe I of the ACAF report. See the Review of Feed Law Enforcement report or request a copy from the ACAF secretariat:
ACAF Secretariat
Room 415B Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH
tel: 020 7276 8083
fax: 020 7276 8478
e-mail:
acaf@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
The terms of reference of the review were:
A Welsh language version of this document is available at the link below. Comments and enquiries from Wales may be directed to:
Trish Davis
Food Standards Agency Wales
11th Floor, Southgate House
Wood St
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
Telephone: 02920 678959
Fax: 02920 678918
email:
trish.davis@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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. The FSA will publish a summary of responses, which may include personal data, such as your full name. Disclosure of any other personal data would be made only upon request for the full consultation responses. 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 the FSA Consultation Co-ordinator by email: consultationcoordinator@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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