FSA Board Meeting - September 2024: Agenda and Papers

The agenda for this meeting includes:

• Local Authority Performance
• Achieving Business Compliance
• Precautionary Allergen Labelling and Allergen Thresholds
• Science Update
• Animal Welfare
• FOI and Whistleblowing
• Report from the Director for FSA in Wales
• Annual Report to the FSA Board from the Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC)

9:00 - Chair's Introduction

Professor Susan Jebb presents the minutes and actions from the previous FSA Board meeting in June 2024 and presents the Chair's report.

FSA 24-09-01 - Minutes of 19 June 2024 Board Meeting

FSA 24-09-02 - Actions Arising

9:20 - Chief Executive’s Report to the Board (FSA 24/09/03)

Katie Pettifer presents the Chief Executive's report to the FSA Board.  This paper will be added on 16 September 2024.

FSA 24-09-03 - Chief Executive’s Report to the Board

10:00 - Local Authority Performance Update (FSA 24/09/04)

Rebecca Kirk presents an update on local authority performance in enforcing food law for the financial year 2023/24 and complements the regular reporting to the Business Committee.

FSA 24-09-04 - Local Authority Performance Update

10:30 - Achieving Business Compliance (FSA 24/09/05)

Carmel Lynskey gives an update on the progress of the Achieving Business Compliance (ABC) programme, as well as a comprehensive overview of the recent trial and proposed next steps for National Level Regulation.

FSA 24-09-05 - Achieving Business Compliance

11:00  - Break

11:20 - Precautionary Allergen Labelling and Allergen Thresholds (FSA 24/09/06)

Rebecca Sudworth and Natasha Smith present a paper setting out the current policy and evidence base on Precautionary Allergen Labelling and exploring the benefits and risks of using threshold levels as part of standardisation of the use of PAL.

FSA 24-09-06- Precautionary Allergen Labelling and Allergen Thresholds

11:50 - Annual FSA Science Update (FSA 24/09/07)

Julie Pierce and Rick Mumford present the annual update to the Board on the FSA’s three core areas of science delivery: risk analysis, research & evidence and science infrastructure.

FSA 24-09-07 - Annual FSA Science Update

12:35 - Break

13:20 - Annual Animal Welfare Report 2023/24 (FSA 24/09/08)

Junior Johnson and Kevin Maher introduce a paper providing an update on FSA animal welfare delivery in 2023/24 with the objective of making ongoing improvements to animal welfare in England and Wales.

FSA 24-09-08 - Annual Animal Welfare Report 2023/24

13:40 - Annual Freedom of Information Requests, External Complaints and Internal Whistleblowing Report (FSA 24/09/09)

Noel Sykes and Jenny Desira introduce the annual report, informing the Board’s oversight of these three areas of work.

FSA 24-09-09 - Annual Freedom of Information Requests, External Complaints and Internal Whistleblowing Report

14:00 - Report from the Director for FSA in Wales (FSA 24/09/10)

Nathan Barnhouse presents a high-level overview of the work of the FSA in Wales over the last year.

FSA 24-09-10 - Report from the Director for FSA in Wales

14:15 - Annual Report from the Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) (FSA 24/09/11) and Report of 10 September ARAC meeting (INFO 24/09/01)

Anthony Harbinson introduces his annual report as the Chair of ARAC, which sets out the work of ARAC in relation to the Committee’s activities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (NI) during the year to 31 March 2024 as well as giving an update in the discussions of ARAC's meeting on 10 September 2024.

FSA 24-09-11 - Annual Report from the Chair of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC)

INFO 24-09-01 - Report of 10 September ARAC meeting

14:25 - Report from the Chair of the Business Committee (INFO 24/09/02)

Timothy Riley gives an update in the discussions of Business Committee at their meeting on 9 September 2024.

INFO 24-09-02 - Report from the Chair of the Business Committee

14:35 - Reports from the Chairs of the Food Advisory Committees (Oral Reports)

The Chairs of the Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee (NIFAC), Anthony Harbinson, and the Wales Food Advisory Committee (WFAC), Rhian Hayward, deliver oral updates from the recent meetings of the two Committees.

14:40 - Any Other Business

14:45 - Questions

14:55 - Close

Questions to the Board

We are keen to ensure, as far as is practical, that questions are addressed in the discussion at the Board meeting. Notwithstanding discussions on the day, all questions will receive a written reply within 20 working days of the meeting.

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