Revised UK National Control Plan published

Wednesday 24 February 2010

The Food Standards Agency and the four Agriculture and Rural Affairs Departments in the UK have recently reviewed the UK's National Control Plan for the period January 2007 to March 2011, and a revised version has been published.

The purpose of the plan, which is a requirement of EU Regulation 882/2004 on official controls, is to ensure that effective control systems are in place for monitoring and enforcing feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules, and plant health law.

Regulation 882/2004 requires that plans be kept under review and revised regularly. The fourth review of the UK plan has recently been completed. No substantive amendments have been made as a result but the plan has been updated to reflect organisational and legislative changes.

More information and the revised UK National Control Plan can be found at the link below.