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Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Agency
Welsh: Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd
Non-ministerial government department overview
Formed1 April 2000 (2000-04-01)
JurisdictionEngland, Wales and Northern Ireland
HeadquartersPetty France,
London, SW1[1]
Annual budget£159.7 million (2009–2010)[2]
Non-ministerial government department executives
Websitewww.food.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest. Its headquarters are in London, with offices in York, Birmingham, Wales and Northern Ireland.[1] Its counterpart in Scotland is Food Standards Scotland.

  1. ^ a b "Contact us". Food Standards Agency. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ Food Standards Agency Annual Report 2009–2010, Food Standards Agency, 2 December 2010, archived from the original on 11 December 2010, retrieved 18 December 2010

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