FSA: Now Easier for Businesses to Appeal Food Safety Decisions by Local Authorities
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) reported today that it has acted on recommendations from a government review by making it easier for businesses to appeal against food safety and food standards decisions and advice issued by local authorities. The recommendations were part of the government’s Focus on Enforcement Review that considered enforcement of regulation in small food manufacturing businesses.
A new and dedicated business appeals section at www.food.gov.uk/business-appeal explains what businesses should expect from local authority inspections, how to determine if food safety officer actions or requirements are reasonable (and if there are grounds for an appeal), and, in England, how to challenge local authority decisions or actions through a new panel called the Independent Business Appeals Panel.