Meat inspection charges will be discussed at the next FSA Board meeting after engagement with the industry.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cymraeg Last week’s news that inflation had increased from 2.5% to 3% in January was a reminder that higher food prices will continue to be a concern for many households this year. Food insecurity and its impact on peoples’ diets …
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, …
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 …
Cymraeg It was the final FSA Board meeting of the year last week and we were able to catch up on a number of important issues that have been on our minds. We had an update to September’s Board discussion …
Cymraeg There has been widespread media coverage and discussion on social media about a feed additive called Bovaer being trialled to reduce methane emissions from dairy cows to help combat climate change. Here we answer some of the questions being …
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 …
Today we have published the FSA December Board papers and one of the issues to be discussed is the cost of meat inspections. Meat inspections are vital to the UK’s food security. These inspections are carried out by highly trained …