Official Statistics

United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Contents

Updated 5 October 2023

Introduction

Theme 1: Global Food Availability

Indicator 1.1.1 Global output per capita

Indicator 1.1.2 Cereal yield growth rates by region

Case study 1.1 Plant diseases and pests

Indicator 1.1.3 Real agricultural commodity prices

Indicator 1.1.4 Stock to consumption ratios

Indicator 1.1.5 Global livestock and dairy production

Case study 1.2 African Swine Fever

Indicator 1.1.6 Global fish stocks

Indicator 1.1.7 Global land use change

Indicator 1.1.8 Phosphate rock reserves

Indicator 1.1.9 Water withdrawn for agriculture

Indicator 1.2.1 Global agricultural labour force capacity

Indicator 1.2.2 Components of global food demand growth

Indicator 1.2.3 Share of global production internationally traded

Indicator 1.2.4 Concentration in world agricultural commodity markets

Theme 2: UK Food Supply Sources

Indicator 2.1.1 UK Production Capability

Indicator 2.1.2 Current land area in production

Indicator 2.1.3 UK food imports and exports

Indicator 2.1.4 EU share of UK imports

Indicator 2.1.5 Overall diversity of supply

Indicator 2.1.6 Domestic grain production

Indicator 2.1.7 Livestock

Indicator 2.1.8 Other domestic crops

Indicator 2.1.9 Supply sources of UK fresh fruit and vegetable imports

Indicator 2.1.10 Seasonality

Indicator 2.1.11 Fish

Indicator 2.2.1 Essential inputs

Indicator 2.2.2 Agriculture and supply chain waste

Indicator 2.2.3 Household food waste

Indicator 2.3.1 Sustainable agriculture

Indicator 2.3.2 UK soil health

Indicator 2.3.3 Climate change impacts on yields

Case study 2.1 Climate change: farming impacts and risks

Indicator 2.3.4 Environmental impacts of agriculture

Theme 3: Food Supply Chain Resilience

Indicator 3.1.1 Business resilience and response

Case study 3.1 COVID-19 response

Indicator 3.1.2 Energy dependency in the food sector

Case study 3.2 9 August 2019 Power Outage: Food Sector Impact

Indicator 3.1.3 Transport dependency in the UK

Indicator 3.1.4 Points of entry in the UK

Indicator 3.1.5 Food imports via Short Strait

Indicator 3.1.6 Border closures

Case study 3.3 French Border Closure, December 2020

Case study 3.4 UK-Imposed Border Closures (southern Africa; South America), January 2021

Indicator 3.1.7 Key inputs to the food supply chain resilience

Case study 3.5 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Shortage 2018

Indicator 3.1.8 Consumer behaviour

Context and rationale

Case study 3.6 Consumer behaviour in the 2020 lockdown

Indicator 3.1.9 Labour and skills dependency

Indicator 3.2.1 Cyber threat in the food supply chain

Case study 3.7 Cyber threat to USA meat company

Indicator 3.2.2 Diversity of food retailers

Indicator 3.2.3 Economic resilience in the food supply chain

Case study 3.8 COVID-19 impacts upon the Wholesale sector

Discussion

Theme 4: Food Security at Household Level

Indicator 4.1.1 Food expenditure growth compared to other household spending growth

Indicator 4.1.2 Low-income households’ share of spending on food

Indicator 4.1.3 Price changes of main food groups

Indicator 4.1.4 Household food security

Indicator 4.1.5 Access to food shops in England

Indicator 4.2.1 Eligibility for Free School Meals

Indicator 4.2.2 Take-up of Healthy Start voucher scheme

Case study 4.1 Food Aid

Case Study 4.2 Public Sector Food Procurement in England

Theme 5: Food Safety & Consumer Confidence

Indicator 5.1.1 Consumer confidence in the food system and its regulation

Indicator 5.1.2 Consumer concerns

Case Study 5.1 Allergen information on Food Pre-packed for Direct Sale

Case Study 5.2 Codex

Indicator 5.1.3 Food business compliance with food safety regulation

Data and assessment

Indicator 5.1.4 Food safety incidents, alerts and recalls

Case Study 5.3 Product recalls instigated by malicious tampering with retail consumer products

Indicator 5.1.5 Prevalence of foodborne pathogens

Indicator 5.1.6 Foodborne disease outbreak surveillance

Case Study 5.4 Listeria outbreak linked to consumption of pre-prepared hospital sandwiches in England

Indicator 5.1.7 Food Crime

Case Study 5.5 Unlawful processing in the red meat sector

Case Study 5.6 Operation OPSON and the Food Industry Intelligence Network

Case Study 5.7 Activities of the Food Authenticity Network and Centres of Expertise

Appendix

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