This report establishes how the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) are responding to rising levels of food insecurity in the UK. With the price of food rising alongside other costs, UK consumers are reducing their spending on food, and decisions over what food to buy are coming under increased pressure. With the statutory objective of protecting consumers, the FSA is changing its practices to understand how food insecurity pressures are increasing the risk of unsafe practice and unsafe or inauthentic food.

 

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The report details how the FSA is adapting its practices across its key functions as an evidence generator, policy maker and regulator, convenor and collaborator, and a watchdog.

 

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18 Jul 2023
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