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Guidance: FSA and FSS Section 42 advice: UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement

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Joint advice from the FSA and FSS on the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

1.1 As the UK’s Food Safety Authorities with a statutory duty to protect food and feed safety  and consumers’ interests in relation to food, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) were asked by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) on the 8th March 2022 to provide joint advice on the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as signed on the 16th December 2021. Specifically, FSA and FSS were asked, in accordance with section 42(4) of the Agriculture Act 2020, to provide advice on whether, or to what extent, the measures in the UK-Australia FTA are consistent with the maintenance of UK levels of statutory protection for human health for the areas within FSA/FSS statutory remit. This response represents our advice to DBT’s request.

1.2 In summary, the FSA/FSS advice is that:

  • The UK-Australia FTA maintains existing food safety statutory protections in accordance with retained law.
  • No changes to the UK food safety regulatory system are required to give effect to this FTA at the point of entry into force.
  • The FTA text preserves the regulatory autonomy of the UK Government and devolved administrations with respect to matters of food safety, and will not prejudge any future decisions in this regard, which will continue to be taken by health ministers across the UK informed by transparent advice on science and evidence from the FSA and FSS. This is key to upholding statutory protections in the future.

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