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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has awarded Food Champion status to 11 local authorities. This is to acknowledge the important role they play in their local community and to recognise the good practice they have demonstrated.
‘We hope that this award will inspire other local authorities and encourage the sharing of good practice. ’
All local authorities in England and Wales were eligible to take part in the award scheme and the assessment panel, consisting of key Agency partners, were very impressed with the overall quality of the 72 entries received. The panel awarded five local authorities Food Champion status for food safety and standards and six for improving community diet and nutrition.
David Statham, Director Consumer Protection and Enforcement Group at the FSA, said: 'Winning a Food Champion Award is a major achievement and a clear recognition of the outstanding work done by local authorities in improving food safety and community diet and nutrition in their area.
'As a Food Champion they have demonstrated good practice and shown commitment to making the local community a better place to live. We hope that this award will inspire other local authorities and encourage the sharing of good practice.'
All Food Champions will be invited to a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons during Food Safety Week. One overall winner from each theme will be chosen as a National Food Champion and these will be announced at the reception.
The winners are:
Improving food safety or food standards
Improving community diet and nutrition
More information about the awards can be found at the link below.
To find out more about an individual scheme, please contact the local authority directly. To find the contact details of the local authority you could use our online search facility .
The Agency has developed the Food Champion Awards with its partners; the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Trading Standards Institute, the Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services and the Improvement and Development Agency.
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