CFG
43/07 final
Letter dated 21 December
2007 from Foodaware to Mrs Olukayode (Kenny) Odukoya, TSED, Food
Standards Agency:
Dear Mrs Odukoya
FSA consultation on the Proposed Amendments to the Domestic
TSE (No2) Regulations 2006 (as amended)
Foodaware: the Consumers’ Food Group coordinates the broad
UK consumer movement’s work on food safety, nutrition and
standards. Our mission is to give UK consumers a strong voice on
food policy by bringing together the organisations that represent
them. We also consult and support the UK consumer representatives
on food related committees, and further the public understanding
of science. Our members are consumer, women’s, family, ethnic
minority and enforcement organisations, who also contribute time
and expertise to our representations.
Foodaware members discussed this issue at the Group meeting on 6
December. This proposal seeks to increase the age at which bovine
vertebral column is classified as specified risk material (SRM)
from 24 to 30 months to bring it back into line with the level which
previously applied under a derogation in the UK. Foodaware welcomes
the change in line with the revised risk assessment following recommendations
of the EC Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health.
Yours sincerely
Susan Knox
Chairman
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