Food: Safety

(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 26 April (HL Deb, col 1654), whether it has been agreed with the EU that "during the implementation period we will continue to access food information-sharing systems. We will continue to have food risk assessments carried out on our behalf by the European Food Standards Authority, and the Commission will make risk-management decisions that affect the UK".


Answered by
Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait
Lord O'Shaughnessy
This question was answered on 17th May 2018

The United Kingdom’s access to food information-sharing systems in the Implementation Period, as well as its relationships with the European Food Safety Authority, for risk assessment, and the Commission, for risk management, will be determined by UK-European Union negotiations. It is of mutual interest for the UK and the EU to continue to work closely, and to build upon the strong relationships that currently exist.

The priority for the Food Standards Agency, and the Government, as we leave the EU is to maintain the current high standards of food and feed in the UK.

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