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Decision taken
Cabinet approved the
Food Safety Service Plan and the Food Sampling Plan 2025/26.
 
Reason for
decision
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has overall
responsibility for the official control of food law enforcement in
England.  This involves co-ordinating,
monitoring, setting standards and auditing local authority food law
enforcement activities.  This includes a
requirement that all local authorities produce a food safety
service plan which has been agreed by their members.  The plan for 2025/26 is shown in Appendix A of the
report. The plan had been written having regard to the format
prescribed by the FSA.