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... the uk food industry has given the european parliament's (ep's) final agreement on food labelling a mixed reception, with one consultant reckoning label changes cost £7,000 per product ... the fir extends country-of-origin labelling to cover fresh meat from pigs, sheep, goats and poultry, closing a current loophole that allows producers to label meat as british if it were only processed in the uk ... cool labelling east midlands labour mep glenis willmott said this was good news for the uk meat industry as it would help shoppers choose meat from british farms ... the european commission (ec) will also submit a report within two years to examine the possibility of extending mandatory country-of-origin (cool) labelling to meat used as a composite ingredient in processed food ... within three years the ec will examine the same question in regard to other types of meat, as well as milk, milk used as an ingredient, unprocessed foods, single-ingredient products and ingredients that represent more than 50% of a food

... in its discussion, the board confirmed its view that: it is not a function of the fsa to subsidise industry and if a continuing subsidy is to be provided it should come from elsewhereproviding the best possible protection for consumers from food risk should not be based on economic circumstances or the ability of an industry to pay the board agreed that: full cost recovery should be introduced over a three-year period, beginning in april 2012 ... the revised proposals mean that these meat plants would pay reduced charges in a tiered system, depending on the volume of livestock units or meat they process ... for meat plants processing more than 5,000 livestock units per year full cost charges would apply with no discount for any of the throughput ... 4 million for about 420 establishments as originally proposed the fsa estimates that removing the current discount would result in cost increases to the uk meat industry of approximately £20 million ... this is against a uk meat market (excluding game) worth about £6 ... 34 billion to the uk economy ... in calculating the costs that will be passed onto the industry, the board was provided with clarification on those attributed to pensions ... previous indications to industry stakeholders were that full cost recovery would include the current employers’ contributions for the local government pension scheme (lgps), and also contributions payable to members of the scheme who had already retired ... following a review by hm treasury of the cost and the allocation of that cost, it has been agreed that industry will not bear the cost relating to the deficit in the local government pension scheme, which would have totalled £4 ... fsa chair jeff rooker said: ‘the board has confirmed that it is not the role of the fsa, as the food safety regulator, to subsidise the meat industry for the cost of delivering official controls

... places are still available for anyone interested in attending public discussions on proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... on 25 may, at its open meeting, the fsa board will discuss future charging policy for meat official controls

... the agency will be holding four public meetings in different parts of england this month, about proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... on 25 may, at its open meeting, the fsa board will discuss future charging policy for meat official controls

... the food standards agency has begun a consultation on proposals to charge the uk meat industry the full cost of official controls on meat ... about official controls official controls on meat hygiene and animal welfare at slaughter are carried out by official veterinarians and meat hygiene inspectors in slaughterhouses, meat cutting plants and game handling establishments ... the controls, which are a legal requirement under eu law, help ensure that these businesses meet their legal obligations on meat hygiene and animal welfare ... the fsa is responsible for the controls in the uk and, under the current system, the agency charges businesses for part of the cost of delivering them ... the fsa subsidises the industry for the remaining amount, which is therefore a cost to the taxpayer ... fsa board decision in november 2009, the fsa board decided that, as the regulator of the industry, the agency should not be providing a subsidy ... the board agreed that the fsa should consult with industry and stakeholders on the proposal to recover full costs for official meat controls ... fsa commitments the fsa recognises that implementing this decision is of concern to industry, so in putting these proposals forward, the agency has committed to the following: there is an option to introduce full cost delivery in a phased approach

... a move to raise the age limit from 30 to 48 months at which uk cattle are tested for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse), would, if implemented, help reduce processors' costs and free up supplies ... the uk food standards agency (fsa), following a meeting yesterday, said it supports the move to testing at 48 months but would not wish this to be implemented until a further report on surveillance has been produced and this has been passed to the spongiform encephalopathies advisory committee (seac) for review ... in the uk, any move to raise the testing age of cattle slaughtered for food has to be agreed by fsa and subsequently must have ministerial approvement ... cost savings according to a report in the farmers' guardian, the change in the testing age could result in approximately 140,000 more cattle entering the food chain without being tested, which would result in considerable savings for the uk meat industry in terms of sampling and transport costs ... the british meat processors association (bmpa) said that processors would welcome the development in view of the fact that the department for environment, food and rural affairs’ (defra) is proposing to transfer the cost of bse testing back to the industry ... boost for uk beef alastair johnston, national farmers union (nfu) livestock advisor told foodproductiondaily ... com that the introduction of the new regulations would be “ good news for the uk meat industry ... at its peak in 1992 there were over 36,000 cases of bse in the uk, which had dropped to 82 cases by 2004, while there were 67 bse cases reported in 2007

... it comes as no surprise to learn that the continued reduction of microbiological hazards in meat and the strict enforcement of bse controls are among the performance targets set for the meat hygiene service for the 2002/03 financial year, the uk food standards agency (fsa) reported recently ... the high level targets were agreed in clear response to recent events in the uk regarding bse and foot and mouth disease, and were set by the food standards agency board at its meeting in exeter on 14 march, following full public consultation ... a number of targets have been carried forward from 2001/02, to enable year on year comparison in the important areas of reducing microbiological hazards in meat, enforcing bse controls, protecting animal welfare and operating with financial efficiency ... new targets this year require that the mhs take appropriate enforcement action against meat plants required to comply with domestic legislation implementing eu rules on haccp and microbiological testing from june 2002; enhance enforcement efforts in meat plants performing poorly on has scores; implement a diversity action plan for mhs staff; and implement a pilot project on increased direct employment of veterinarians, to increase efficiency ... performance against many of the targets will be through the results of audit visits conducted by the fsa's veterinary meat hygiene advisors (vmhas)

... there has been a general reduction in non-compliances in meat hygiene teams this year in the uk meat industry, a new report reveals this week ... the annual report, published by the uk food standards agency, sets out the results of 150 audits which took place between april 2000 and march 2001 on the performance of meat hygiene service (mhs) hygiene and inspection teams at licensed plants ... the mhs were found to be performing well in: the application of the clean livestock policy; ensuring the health mark was not applied to contaminated meat; ante-mortem inspection of red-meat; notifiable disease procedures and official veterinary certification duties ... the meat hygiene service became an executive agency of the food standards agency in april 2000 ... the responsibilities of the mhs cover the enforcement of domestic legislation in relation to meat hygiene, inspection and animal welfare in licensed fresh meat, poultry meat and game meat establishments, and also in integrated premises producing meat products, meat preparations and minced meat