Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the preparations of the Food Standards Agency regarding implementing any new legislation that may be required for imported products after Brexit.

As a non-Ministerial Government Department responsible for food safety and authenticity, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been preparing extensively for the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. This includes:

- ensuring EU regulations will operate correctly when they become UK law;

- strengthening its risk analysis process;

- developing a clear plan for how risk will be managed; and

- finalising the systems and technology that will support how food businesses are regulated in the future.

Leaving the EU does not change the FSA’s top priority which is to ensure that food remains safe and what it says it is.