FSA pleased with progress on modernised surveillance model

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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board has welcomed progress on the FSA’s modernised surveillance model, noting that ‘surveillance affects all parts of the organisation from responding to Covid-19 through to preparing for the end of EU Transition’. Board Chair, Heather Hancock, said: ‘We’ve seen exciting steps forward in this area. It’s already contributing to strengthen our international reputation, our profile, our relationships and our ability to influence. Surveillance is a powerful area of work for us, in terms of protecting the public and helping businesses get it right.’ The surveillance model employed by the FSA ‘harnesses the power of data science to identify emerging food risks before they become risks to public health’. This, it is believed, will allow the FSA, and other bodies, to improve approaches to consumer food risks around safety, assurance and authenticity.