At its quarterly meeting on 19 September 2018, the FSA’s discussion included: further elements of the regulatory reform programme (Regulating Our Future); progress on food and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including in the diary section; its annual report on animal welfare and changes to its governance arrangements in consequence of EU Exit.
The Board agreed the proposal to establish standards to apply to primary authority national inspection strategies (NIS) – three would be required, applying to the FSA, to the local authority and to the national inspection strategy itself. They agreed that these would allow the potential of NIS to be fully realised and looked forward to receiving further advice on the detail of the proposed standards.
The FSA Board received its annual update on progress made in delivering the Deter, Prevent, Detect and Enforce welfare agenda for slaughterhouses in England and Wales. They welcomed the continuing progress made in delivering the welfare agenda in abattoirs and improvements in data analysis. They endorsed the collaborative work to facilitate implementation of the Government’s new legislation on CCTV slaughterhouses.