Food: Testing
(asked on 26th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many food standards samples were submitted to each local authority's appointed public analyst in each of the last five years; how many of those samples submitted were taken as part of a Food Standards Agency funded co-ordinated sampling programme in each authority; and how many of those samples were paid for by the local authority.
Sampling and surveillance of food is an essential part of an overall approach to protecting public health. Public Analyst Laboratories have an essential part to play in this. The numbers of samples submitted to each Public Analyst Laboratory, as reported by local authorities on the UK Food Surveillance System (UKFSS) can be seen in the tables below.
2016/17 | |
Public Analyst Lab | Number of samples |
Minton/Worcester shared code | 339 |
Public Analyst Lab, Stafford | 403 |
Public Analyst Lab, Hampshire | 814 |
Public Analyst Lab, Lancashire | 868 |
Public Analyst, Kent | 1,415 |
Public Analyst, London | 596 |
Public Analyst, Minton | 742 |
Public Analyst, Northern Ireland | 2 |
Public Analyst, Norwich | 1,162 |
Public Analyst, West Yorkshire | 910 |
Public Analyst, Wolverhampton | 5,308 |
Public Analyst, Worcester | 803 |
Grand Total | 13,362 |
2015/16 | |
Public Analyst Lab | Number of samples |
Minton/Worcester shared code | 2,095 |
Public Analyst Lab, Stafford | 409 |
Public Analyst Lab, Hampshire | 1,111 |
Public Analyst Lab, Lancashire | 1,311 |
Public Analyst, Kent | 1,600 |
Public Analyst, London | 1,020 |
Public Analyst, Minton | 1,165 |
Public Analyst, Northern Ireland | 1 |
Public Analyst, Norwich | 1,779 |
Public Analyst, West Yorkshire | 1,192 |
Public Analyst, Wolverhampton | 3,317 |
Public Analyst, Worcester | 1,252 |
Grand Total | 16,252 |
2014/15 | |
Public Analyst Lab | Number of samples |
Minton/Worcester shared code | 1,847 |
Public Analyst Lab, Stafford | 578 |
Public Analyst Lab, Hampshire | 1,210 |
Public Analyst Lab, Lancashire | 1,363 |
Public Analyst, Cardiff | 301 |
Public Analyst, Kent | 1,781 |
Public Analyst, London | 1,283 |
Public Analyst, Manchester | 5 |
Public Analyst, Minton | 1,137 |
Public Analyst, Northern Ireland | 28 |
Public Analyst, Norwich | 1,587 |
Public Analyst, West Yorkshire | 1,847 |
Public Analyst, Wolverhampton | 3,581 |
Public Analyst, Worcester | 1,276 |
Grand Total | 17,824 |
2013/14 | |
Public Analyst Lab | Number of samples |
Public Analyst Lab, Stafford | 883 |
Public Analyst Lab, Aberdeen | 810 |
Public Analyst Lab, Dundee | 654 |
Public Analyst Lab, Edinburgh | 1,465 |
Public Analyst Lab, Glasgow | 1,715 |
Public Analyst Lab, Hampshire | 1,338 |
Public Analyst Lab, Lancashire | 1,612 |
Public Analyst Lab, Somerset | 1 |
Public Analyst, Cardiff | 766 |
Public Analyst, Kent | 1,722 |
Public Analyst, London | 1,324 |
Public Analyst, Minton | 916 |
Public Analyst, Northern Ireland | 2,377 |
Public Analyst, Norwich | 1,468 |
Public Analyst, West Yorkshire | 2,575 |
Public Analyst, Wolverhampton | 3,460 |
Public Analyst, Worcester | 1,136 |
Grand Total | 24,222 |
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Data from UKFSS indicates the following number and percentage of samples submitted that were taken as part of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) sampling plan in each of the last five years. Samples submitted not taken as part of the FSA sampling plan were funded by local authorities.
| No of samples taken as part of the FSA sampling programme |
2016/17 | 2,857 (21%) |
2015/16 | 5,205 (32%) |
2014/15 | 6,274 (35%) |
2013/14 | 7,154 (30%) |
2012/13 | 5,027 (12%) |