Food: Hygiene
Commons · Question 55142 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistent enforcement of food hygiene certification standards by local authorities in England.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 6 Jun 2025
To support food law enforcement consistency, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) publishes a Food Law Code of Practice. This provides statutory guidance to local authorities on how to meet their legal obligations as regulators of food law.The FSA operates the...