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Agency approach to sustainable development in policy making

Tuesday 11 March 2008

The Food Standards Agency's draft approach to sustainable development in policy making interprets and refines the Government's sustainable development principles in the light of the Agency's statutory remit. Application of the approach will be fundamental in further embedding sustainability within the Agency's policy making.

All comments and views should be sent to:

Pippa Eames

Standards and Sustainability Branch
Food Standards Agency
Room 115B Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London WC2B 6NH

Tel: 020 7276 8410
Fax: 020 7276 8193
E-mail: pippa.eames@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk

Responses are requested by: 3rd June 2008

Summary of responses is now available

PDF Document (pdf 90KB)

Consultation details

Key features of the draft approach

Purpose
The Agency is committed to taking sustainable development into account in all of its activities and policy decisions. The purpose of this consultation is to seek stakeholder comments on the draft Agency approach to put this into practice.

Further information

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.

Download word Consultation feedback questionnaire  (Word)

Download pdf Consultation feedback questionnaire  (pdf)

Publication of personal data and confidentiality of responses

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.

Download word Data protection form  (Word)

Download pdf Data protection form  (pdf)

Publication of response summary

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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