Transparency data

Actions arising: Food Standards Agency September 2026 board meeting

Published 3 September 2026

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

From the FSA board meeting on 17 June 2026

Index	Action	Due date	Owner and progress to date
Action 1 - FSA strategy: annual update on progress indicators (FSA 26/06/04)	Emily Antcliffe to provide a written briefing for board members on how to respond to indicators around trust among small and micro businesses.	16/09/2026	Emily Antcliffe – Propose to close: paper shared with the board via the weekly circulation on 28/08/2026.
Action 2 - FSA Strategy: annual update on progress indicators (FSA 26/06/04)	Sustainability element of strategy to be scheduled for discussion at board’s October 2026 retreat.	12/10/2026	Emily Antcliffe – propose to close: elements of the strategy outside food that is safe and what it says it is has been added to the forward look for the October board retreat.
Action 3 - the risky foods framework: options for the future (FSA 26/06/05)	Officials to review the current pipeline of emerging food risks and identify cases where application of the Risky Foods Framework would be appropriate.	16/09/2026	James Cooper – propose to close: consideration of the risky food framework will be a BAU step as part of evaluating action on emerging food risks, no current risks being evaluated would benefit from using the framework.
Action 4 - Annual Chief Scientific Adviser’s Report (FSA 26/06/06)	CSA and Chief Executive to pursue opportunities for re-engagement with the cross-government Chief Scientific Adviser network.	16/09/2026	CE and CSA – Propose to close: CSA is currently pursuing opportunities with Go-Science.  Discussions with Dame Angela McLean, the SCS lead of the CSA network, have not created any progress so far, but a further meeting is scheduled to explore the possibilities further.
Action 5 - Incidents and resilience annual report 2025/26 (FSA 26/06/07)	Darren Whitby to provide an update on the development of the risk and intelligence Hub, including scope, capability and delivery timelines at the board’s October retreat as part of an ‘FSA Ready’ Board retreat session.	16/09/2026	Darren Whitby– propose to close: overtaken by events. FSA Ready team will look at the risk and intelligence as part of a wider discussion about systems resilience in due course.

Actions From Previous Meetings

Index	Action	Due Date	Owner and progress to date
Action 3 - Future of food regulation programme (FSA 26/03/05)	Future of food regulation team to return to the board later in 2026 once a substantive update becomes possible.	17 June 2026	Nathan Barnhouse, Nathan Phillipo – closed: update included on agenda for the September 2026 board meeting.
Action 1 - actions arising (FSA 25/12/02)	Policy team to provide a paper to the board summarising CBD consultation responses ahead of risk‑management decisions on CBD products.	September 2026	Rebecca Sudworth – closed: paper on agenda for September 2026 board meeting.
Action 5 - evaluation of the meat charging discount regime – proposals for revised support system (FSA 25/12/04)	Policy team to return to the board with analysis of the consultation and final proposals ahead of Ministerial decision in autumn 2026.	September 2026	James Cooper – closed: paper on September 2026 board agenda
Action 9 - annual communications update (FSA 25/12/07)	Communications to undertake a strategic review of the Annual Report on Food Standards, proposing format and scope that maximise unique value and reduce duplication with external publications.	25 March 2026	Claire Forbes – closed: decision, taken jointly with Food Standards Scotland (FSS), to pause publication of the ‘Our Food’ report.