Food Standards Act 1999 (Chapter 28).

Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Document type: Legislation
Date: 1999 (2018)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: An Act to establish the Food Standards Agency and make provision as to its functions; to amend the law relating to food safety and other interests of consumers in relation to food; to enable provision to be made in relation to the notification of tests for food-borne diseases; to enable provision to be made in relation to animal feedingstuffs; and for connected purposes.

Subject: Livestock, Food & nutrition
Keyword: Basic legislation Food quality control/food safety Inspection Institution Access-to-information Animal feed/feedstuffs Drugs Animal health
Geographical area: Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes: All provisions of the Food Standards Act 1999 which are not already in force, or which are in force for a particular purpose only, or in relation to Scotland and Wales only, shall come into force or, as the case may be, come into force for all other purposes, or in relation to England and Northern Ireland as well, on 1st April 2000 (Food Standards Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2000).

Abstract: The main body of the Act is arranged as follows: The Food Standards Agency (sects. 1-5), concerns the establishment of the Agency, its main objective and its main organizational arrangements including the establishment of advisory committees; General functions in relation to food (sects. 6-8), confers on the Agency responsibility for developing food policy and advising Ministers and other public authorities, for advising consumers and other interested parties and for keeping abreast of developments relevant to its remit; General functions in relation to animal feedingstuffs (sect. 9) supplements the Agency's functions in relation to animal feed; Observations with a view to acquiring information (sects. 10-11) gives the Agency functions in relation to surveillance and provides powers to enable it to carry them out; Monitoring of enforcement action (sects. 12-16) gives the Agency a function of monitoring food and feedingstuffs law enforcement and provides powers to enable it to carry it out; Other functions of the Agency (sects. 17-21) describes the Secretary of State and the devolved authorities' powers to delegate the making of emergency orders to the Agency, the Agency's power to publish its advice, its functions under other Acts and supplementary functions (detailed functions under the Food Safety Act 1990 and other primary legislation are provided for in Schedule 3); General provisions relating to the functions of the Agency (sects. 22-25), concerns certain considerations which the Agency must observe in carrying out its functions; provides for directions by Ministers and the devolved authorities should the Agency fail to perform its duties, and allows for modification of enactments to allow disclosure of information to the Agency and publication by it; Miscellaneous provisions (sects. 26-35), sets out the functions no longer to be exercised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland and makes various provisions for consultation with other parts of Government or the devolved administrations on aspects of food safety. It also allows secondary legislation to apply to animal feedingstuffs provisions equivalent to those of the Food Safety Act 1990, etc.; Final provisions (sects. 36-43).
Full text: English
Website: www.legislation.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Food Safety Act 1990.

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1990 (2021)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Inspection, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Safety (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991 No. 762 (N.I. 7)).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1991 (2013)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Fraud, Inspection, Institution, Residues, Drugs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 656 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Institution, Access-to-information, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 78 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Institution, Data collection/reporting, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food Standards Act 1999 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Savings) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 62 of 2000).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2000

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Inspection, Institution, Data collection/reporting, Animal feed/feedstuffs

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 675 of 2010).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2010

Keyword: Radiation, Pollution control, Authorization/permit, EIA, Enforcement/compliance, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Mining, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Groundwater

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Food (Scotland) Act 2015 (2015 asp 1)

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015 (2018)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Food quality control/food safety, Hygiene/sanitary procedures, Institution, Packaging/labelling, Fraud, Inspection, Consumer protection, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties, Standards, Animal feed/feedstuffs, Animal health

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. No. 219 of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: Pollution control, Radiation, Nuclear energy, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Governance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX