Food: Crime

(asked on 5th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards the establishment of a Food Crime Unit.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 10th September 2014

The Food Standards Agency advises that it has already made progress in establishing the new Food Crime Unit. Existing teams that deal with food incidents, fraud and intelligence have been reorganised to form the core of the new Unit and recruitment is underway for a small number of additional permanent and seconded staff to support this. The Food Crime Unit will be operational, with the first phase incorporating a well-developed intelligence capability, by the end of 2014.

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