Your Local Authority was recently audited by Food Standards Scotland’s Audit Assurance Team. We would like you to tell us about your experience with the Audit to help us ensure that the Audits are carried out in the future in the most effective way possible. We would very much...More
Your Local Authority was recently audited by Food Standards Scotland’s Audit Assurance Team. We would like you to tell us about your experience with the Audit to help us ensure that the Audits are carried out in the future in the most effective way possible. We would very much...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are reviewing the Food Hygiene Information Scheme (FHIS) and want to know what food business operators/food outlets think of this scheme.
FSS particularly want to find out what food businesses like and dislike about how FHIS assessment...More
This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health & Sport. We recently consulted on a regulated product application for the modification/extension of use of the food additive steviol glycosides (E 960) to include...More
This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health & Sport and seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for...More
This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health & Sport and seeks stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for...More
The Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) in partnership with the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) are currently developing the next iteration of the UK Food Crime Strategic Assessment.
As part of this work we are seeking views from Environmental Health on the...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are looking to gain some user feedback about the MenuCal tool. Please take a few moments to fill out this short questionnaire.
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This consultation is to seek stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to FSS’ proposals to correct deficiencies in domestic legislation relating to animal feed, food contact materials and extraction solvents. This is to ensure legislation operates effectively following...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would welcome your views on our proposed recommendations to amend Retained Commission Implementing Regulation Regulation 2019/1793 which applies temporary increase of official controls and measures governing the entry into Great Britain of certain food...More
This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health & Sport and is to seek stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the eleven feed additive applications considered in this document, which have been...More
This consultation is conducted by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) on behalf of the Minister for Public Health, Women's Health & Sport. This consultation is to make stakeholders aware and seek any views, comments or feedback concerning revisions which have been made to the Food Standards...More
Results Last Updated 10 March 2022
This consultation was launched on 10 December 2021 and closed on 11 February 2022. The purpose of the consultation was to seek comments from industry, enforcement authorities, consumers and other interested stakeholders on our risk management options to...More
This consultation is to seek stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) opinion and regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for authorisation. We ask stakeholders to consider any relevant provisions...More
This consultation is to seek stakeholders’ views, comments and feedback in relation to the Food Standards Scotland (FSS) opinion and regulated product applications considered in this document, which have been submitted for authorisation. We ask stakeholders to consider any relevant provisions...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would welcome your comments on the proposals for the Introduction of Compliance Notices and the partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA).
We are consulting on the introduction of Compliance Notices via amendments to domestic legislation relating...More
On 10th September 2021, Scottish Government published their Out of Home (OOH) Action plan which included commitment to hold a public consultation on the introduction of mandatory calorie labelling in the out of home sector.
The OOH sector in Scotland is defined as including: ...More
This consultation concerns proposed amendments to food compositional standards because of the UK’s exit from the EU. The proposed amendments to Scottish domestic legislation enables compliance with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules which provide that imports from some WTO member states...More
Introduction
The Wild Game Guide (WGG) aims to clearly explain the food hygiene legal requirements that apply to various circumstances in which wild game is hunted and supplied for human consumption, both in fur/feather or as wild game meat. In particular it explains the...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would like your views on our new strategy for 2021-26: Protecting Scotland in a Changing Food Landscape
FSS is Scotland was established in 2015 as Scotland’s public sector food body. We have a unique role in Government, working independently of Ministers...More
This consultation concerns proposed amendments to the Food Information (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to require food sold prepacked for direct sale to be labelled with the name of the food and ingredients information. This is intended to improve information to consumers about the allergens and...More
This consultation concerns a proposed amendment to The Animal Feed (Scotland) Regulations 2010 in order to implement Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/354 of 4 March 2020 on establishing a list of intended uses of animal feed intended for particular nutritional purposes and repealing...More
This consultation concerns proposed technical amendments to food and feed safety and hygiene, food compositional standards, labelling and nutrition labelling domestic legislation applying in Scotland to ensure that this legislation can continue to operate after implementation period (IP)...More
The new Administration and Service Planning - Food Law Code of Practice (Scotland) 2020 (hereafter referred to as the Administration and Service Planning Code 2020) is being introduced as part of phase 3 of the Food Law Code of Practice review.
The Administration and Service...More
The purpose of the consultation is to seek views on the proposal to implement a centralised model for the delivery of animal feed official controls which will see functions transferred from LAs to FSS. Information on the proposal is contained in the Consultation Letter and BRIA ...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are preparing Scottish Regulations to provide for the enforcement of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 775/2018 which lays down detailed rules on the provision of Food Information to Consumers, indicating the country of origin or place of...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would welcome your comments on the proposals for Foods for Special Medical Purposes for Infants, Infant Formula and Follow On Formula and Addition of Vitamins and Minerals (Scotland) Regulations and the partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA).
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Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection protects – referred to as the Official Controls Regulation (OCR) – is a directly...More
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) would welcome your comments on proposed amendments and options to ensure Scottish domestic legislation can continue to operate effectively if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
We are consulting on proposed amendments to domestic legislation relating...More