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• UK-wide Food Hygiene Ratings Steering Group

  The UK-wide Scores on the Doors Steering Group was set up to advise the Agency on the development and implementation of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme and Food Hygiene Information Scheme.

• Enforcement Liaison Group

  As part of the Agency's work to strengthen and develop links with local authority food law enforcement, a joint government/local authority group, the Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Group (LAELG) was established in May 1999.

• Animal Feed Law Enforcement Liaison Group

  The Animal Feed Law Enforcement Liaison Group (AFLELG) comprises representatives of UK enforcement bodies and government departments with an interest in animal feed law. It meets twice a year to discuss enforcement related issues, to identify common problems and agree to a consistent and co-ordinated approach to feed law enforcement.

• Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC)

  SFELC is a group that co-ordinates the food law enforcement and sampling and surveillance activities of Scottish local authorities and comprises representatives of central and local government, consumers and industry.

• Audit Advisory Committee Scotland

  The Audit Advisory Committee Scotland was established as an independent group to provide advice to the Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS) on matters relating to the process of audit of local authority food law enforcement and on the operation and effectiveness of the Framework Agreement on Local Authority Food Law Enforcement in Scotland.

• Food Standards Sampling Co-ordination Working Group

  This joint LACORS/Agency working group was set up in May 2003 to help encourage better co-ordination of food standards sampling across local authorities and the Agency, and to promote focussed sampling programmes.

• LAEMS Joint Working Group

  Details of the Local Authority Enforcement Monitoring System (LAEMS) Joint Working Group, including agendas, papers and minutes of its meetings.