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The Food Standards Agency is to be expanded to incorporate the work of the Wine Standards Board, a key recommendation of Philip Hampton's review into effective inspection and enforcement. Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in his Budget 2005 speech that all of the review's recommendations would be accepted.
The move means that the Agency will have responsibility for the quality, labelling and standards of wine sold in the UK.
The Hampton Review was commissioned in 2004 and covered the inspection and enforcement work of 63 national regulators, as well as the 203 trading standards offices and 408 environmental health offices in English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities.
It considers how to reduce administrative burdens on business without compromising the UK's excellent regulatory outcomes.
His final report recommended: 'Building on the success of the Food Standards Agency, the review believes that the agency should be expanded to incorporate the work of the Wine Standards Board in respect of the quality, labelling and standards of wine sold in the UK. The policy functions on industry support will remain with Defra.'
Philip Hampton, Chair of J Sainsbury plc and a former finance director of Lloyds TSB, BT and British Gas, has agreed to work with the Government to ensure effective implementation of his recommendations.
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