Understanding the true burden of Infectious Intestinal Disease in the UK

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Person holding a paper cutout of intestines

Cymraeg The third study of infectious intestinal disease (IID3) aims to quantify the rates of infection reported across primary care and NHS 111/NHS 24 call services and quantify the level of underreporting in order to make new estimates of the …

British Science Week 2025: Adapting to the changing food landscape

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British Science Week 2025: Adapting to the changing food landscape

Cymraeg British Science Week runs this year from 7th to 16th March. This is a celebration of science, technology, engineering, and maths run by the British Science Association. Each year has a different theme, with this year's theme being ‘change …

International Women’s Day 2025: Celebrating Women in Science at the FSA

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Photos of various women working in science

Cymraeg The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is kicking off British Science Week 2025 by celebrating International Women’s Day, and our 2025 award-winning MHI and Vet of the Year. See what else we have planned for British Science Week at the …

Precision Breeding – Publication of Draft Guidance

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Wheat field

This week, draft secondary legislation necessary to implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 for plants in England was laid in Parliament. The Government wants to introduce precision breeding technology due to its potential to increase food production, reduce …

Exploring new methods to protect honey authenticity in the UK

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Wooden dipper with honey on dripping downwards

Cymraeg New techniques and tools are being developed to protect consumers and help businesses, government and local enforcement agencies tackle honey fraud now and in the future. Honey is a naturally complex mixture of different sugars produced entirely by bees, …

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 at the FSA

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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025

Cymraeg We’re celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science by getting to know a few members of our Scientific Advisory Committees (SAC). Emily Burton  What capacity do you work with the FSA in?   I have two advisory roles …

Measuring the global reach and use of the previous two Infectious Intestinal Disease studies

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A map of the world, pinpointing the 91 countries that have used the UK's IID data in their published research.

Cymraeg What is the global interest in studies into Infectious Intestinal Disease (IID) burden? I aimed to answer this by examining the use of IID1 and IID2 study reports, and related work, and visualise the findings using a dynamic application …