From April–June, 2023, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) opened a public consultation on developing a modernized food hygiene delivery model (FHDM). Stakeholders were invited to provide feedback on proposed changes to the FHDM, which were intended to enable local authorities to focus on food businesses that are noncompliant or pose the highest public health risk, thereby reducing regulatory burdens on compliant and low-risk businesses.
In response to mixed comments, FSA will not be progressing several elements of its proposed modernized FHDM, and other elements will be progressed with changes to make the scheme more efficient and effective. Elements of the proposed developments which would require piloting, or significant management information system (MIS) changes, will not be progressed.