Consultations

The Institute of Food Research has responded to consultations with the Food Standards Agency, DEFRA and the European Commission on a number of issues.

Consultations 2009/10

• EFRA Inquiry – Securing food supplies up to 2050: the challenges for the UK
• HoL S&T Committee call for evidence : Nanotechnologies & Food
• Parliamentary Inquiry into the UK’s role in Tracking the Challenges of Global Food Security until 2050
• PSEHGP supplementary Consultation
• Consultation on the FSA Strategy for 2010-2015
• BBSRC Next Generation Sequencing Review
• EPSRC International Review of Mathematical Sciences 2010
• BBSRC-led Food Security Consultation
• IFR responds to ACMSF Consultation on Listeriosis
• Response to HPA Consultation on Safety of Ready-to-Eat Foods

Consultations 2008

• Response to the review of science in the FSA - May 2008

Consultations 2007

• Comments on the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) for the Agency’s guidance on Managing Manures for Food Safety - December 2007
• Response to the Consultation by the Food Standards Agency on the “Options to increase folate intakes of young women.”  - March 2007

Consultations 2006

• Response to the DEFRA Consultation on Evidence and Innovation Strategy 2005-2008 - January 2006
• Response to the draft SACN report on folate & disease prevention - January 2006
• Response to the EC consultation – strategies for improving patient safety by prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections - January 2006

Consultations 2005

• Response to the FSA Public Written Consultation – Reducing Campylobacter in UK-produced Chickens - November 2005
• Response to the BBSRC Consultation on Developing a Data Sharing Policy - September 2005
• Response to the FSA Draft Science Strategy 2005-2010 Public Consultation - August 2005
• Response to the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme - third call consultation - June 2005
• Response to the Food Standards Agency Consultation on Nutrient Profiling - February 2005
• Response to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into Strategic Science Provision in Universities - January 2005

Consultations 2004

• Response to the AEBC Consultation on Research Agendas in Agricultural Biotechnology - December 2004
• Submission to the European Union's consultation on 'Science and Technology, the key to Europe's future - guidelines for future EU policy to support research' - October 2004
• Response to Defra’s Consultation on “Evidence and innovation: Defra’s needs from the sciences over the next 10 years” - October 2004
• Response to the FSA consultation on Guidance on the safety and shelf-life of vacuum and modified atmosphere packed chilled foods - August 2004
• Response to UK Government's Consultation Document on 7th EU R&D Framework Programme - July 2004
• Response to the Inquiry of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on Food Information - June 2004
• Submission from the IFR to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry on Scientific Publications - February 2004

Consultations 2003

• Response to the FSA Consultation on proposed research on organic and conventionally-grown (so-called 'non-organic') fruits and vegetables - December 2003
• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods COM (2003) 424 Final: 2003/0165 (COD) - IFR submission to Food Standards Agency - December 2003
• Response and comments to the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) on Postgraduate Training and Research Career Development Strategy - December 2003
• House of Commons Science & Technology Committee's Research Council Scrutiny Session - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - November 2003
• BBSRC Consultation on Future Directions in Crop Science Research - September 2003
• Royal Society working group on best practice in communicating the results of new scientific research to the public - September 2003
• Office of Science and Technology's Response to the British Association report 'Science in Society' - July 2003
• Cabinet Office Strategy Unit Report on Risk: improving government's capability to handle risk and uncertainty - March 2003
• European Commission on Setting Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs in Community Legislation - February 2003