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UK publishes its annual review of food standards

FSA UK
On 27 June 2022, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSS) published the annual review of Food standards in the UK, describing major changes to food standards over the period 2019-2021.  The report mainly includes five parts:  
 
(1) Eating habits and food choices at the national table;  
 
(2) The safety of imported food and its impact on standards;  
 
(3) The latest trends in food accidents and food crime;  
 
(4) The impact of exiting the European Union on food information;  
 
(5) Health standards for food and feed enterprises.  
 
Overall food safety standards will remain largely unchanged through 2021, according to the report.  But the Covid-19 outbreak disrupt the entire food system of regular inspection, sampling and auditing, reduced the amount of data can be used when evaluating whether the enterprises conform to the requirements of the food law or not. Changed the behavior of consumers, and lead to the future existence of significant risk: Firstly is due to the local authority resources pressure, decline of inspection over the food enterprises.  Secondly, the UK's delay in implementing full import controls on high-risk food and feed from the EU has reduced its ability to prevent unsafe food from entering the UK market. 

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