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Imported Food Project Group

The Imported Food Project Group was set up following the Ministers' agreement in May 2004 that the Step Change in the enforcement of imported food controls had been achieved. Ministers said that it was vital that Government Departments and Local Government continue to work together and progress the initiatives under way.

Terms of Reference

To role of the Group is to:

co-ordinate improvements in, and support for, imported food enforcement activity by local and central government within the UK
contribute to the work plan on activity begun in 2003-04 to deliver the step change, and to develop new approaches to improve the co-ordination and delivery of imported food controls, and to review progress regularly
assist in evaluating the outcomes of the Step Change and its impact on enforcement, public and trade stakeholders to inform policy development

Membership

Membership of the Group includes representatives from the Food Standards Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Association of Port Health Authorities (APHA), Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS), Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Sea Ports (large and small), Inland Local Authorities and airports.

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Imported Food Project Group

Terms of Reference

Membership

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Meeting: 2 December 2008

Meeting: 3 June 2008

Meeting: 27 November 2007

Meeting: 1 June 2007

Meeting: 8 December 2006

Meeting: 15 June 2006

Meeting: 2 November 2005

Meeting: 25 May 2005

Meeting: 16 November 2004

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