Twenty First Meeting of Foodaware: the
Consumers Food Group
Thursday 21 September 2006
London Office of the European Commission
8 Storey’s Gate, London, SW1
12.00 hrs - 16.00 hrs (buffet lunch 12.00 – 12.30 hrs)
AGENDA
Guest Panel on Enforcement (12.30 pm – 2.00 pm)
- Steve Dean - Director and Chief Executive, Veterinary Medicines
Directorate
- Jenny Morris - Policy Officer, Chartered Institute of Environmental
Health
- David Pickering - Senior Trading Standards Officer, Buckinghamshire
Trading Standards, representing the Trading Standards Institute
- David Lock - Policy Officer, Local Authorities Coordinators
of Regulatory Services (LACORS)
Each speaker to give short introduction (5-10 mins each) followed
by general discussion.
Questions for enforcement panel:
- What are the main enforcement challenges your organisation faces
today which might affect consumers?
- What areas of EU policy should consumers be concerned about
from an enforcement point of view (Food hygiene? Health claims?
Meat inspection, misrepresentation and product labelling?)
- How might proposed changes in the structures and relationships
at the UK level affect enforcement priorities?
- How might consumers input into this process?
- Risk-based enforcement in practice - is it just cost-cutting
by another name?
- How can consumers be confident that the levels of enforcement
are sufficient and ensure a satisfactory level of protection -
i.e. how do you measure the effectiveness of the arrangements?
Coffee/tea Break (2 pm - 2.30 pm)
Foodaware Business Meeting (2.30 pm - 4 pm)
- Welcome and apologies
- Approval of minutes (CFG 17/06)
- Matters arising
- Updates:
- Co-ordinator’s report
- EU Update
- Defra Consumer Engagement Project (incl. Avian ‘flu update)
- Local Authority Enforcement Monitoring – draft paper to
discuss (CFG 21/06). Foodaware response to the McCrory report
(CFG20/06) is also relevant.
- Food miles – draft information and discussion paper (CFG
22/06)
- EU Organic regulations – draft paper (CFG 26/06)
- Any other business and date of next meeting
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