The Food Safety Authority Ireland (FSAI) has published its strategy, "Safe and Trustworthy Food for Everyone", that will cover initiatives from 2016 through 2018. The strategy is said to set out the agency’s core vision of “safe and trustworthy food for everyone”, while carrying out FSAI’s mission of “protecting consumers by leading a collaborative food safety community to continuously raise food standards and create a culture of excellence.”
The agency’s goals--meant to raise standards for both domestic and export markets--will be met through regulation changes and collaboration with various organizations. As one of the first single food safety authorities established in the world, the new strategic approach will also reinforce the FSAI’s national and international reputation for excellence by continuing to review the regulatory landscape; industry innovations; advances in technology; new and emerging risks; and globalization and lengthening of the food supply chain.