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The Food Standards Agency is making available a support package for local authorities that adopt the Agency?s national ‘Scores on the doors’ scheme.

The Food Standards Agency is hoping to reduce the number of food safety clangers that are served up this Christmas, with its Christmas food safety advertising campaign.

Since 2005, the Food Standards Agency has delivered annual savings of up to £380m to businesses and the public sector. Details are published today in the 2009/10 Simplification Report and Plan. This is the fourth, and penultimate, report and plan in the current five year programme.

The Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF) held its 48th meeting on 3 December 2009.

The Agency has been given an award by the Plain English Campaign for a leaflet advising the over 60s about food safety and the food poisoning bug listeria.

The Food Standards Agency is informing slaughterhouse operators and livestock keepers that they will soon have to ensure that Food Chain Information (FCI) is provided for all cattle, sheep and goats sent for slaughter.

Yesterday’s Agency open Board meeting is now available as a video-on-demand and as a podcast. The agenda included discussions on the Agency’s Science and Evidence Strategy 2010?15 and the annual report from the Agency’s Director of Communications.

Today’s open Board meeting at Aviation House, London, was chaired by Agency Chair Jeff Rooker (pictured). The video-on-demand and podcast will be available tomorrow.

Today’s open Board meeting at Aviation House, London, was chaired by Agency Chair Jeff Rooker (pictured). The video-on-demand and podcast will be available tomorrow.

Consumers should expect to be eating safer food and be choosing healthier and more balanced meals by 2015 as a result of the Food Standards Agency?s Strategy for 2010?2015, published today.