Agency approach to sustainable development in policy making

Key features of the draft approach

• working within our statutory remit whilst recognising the importance of all aspects of sustainable development
• assessing the sustainability of new and amending policies on a case by case basis
• ensuring our primary objectives of food safety and nutrition are achieved whilst maximising positive impacts in all areas of sustainable development
• taking responsibility for minimising significant negative impacts of our policies
• recognising the need to work in partnership with other Government departments and others to deliver sustainable policies

Purpose
The Agency is committed to taking sustainable development into account in all of its activities and policy decisions. The purpose of this consultation is to seek stakeholder comments on the draft Agency approach to put this into practice.

This consultation has been prepared in accordance with the Better Regulation Executive's Code of Practice on Consultation, which states that a consultation must follow better regulation best practice, including carrying out an Impact Assessment (Regulatory Impact Assessment in Scotland). The assessment is included in the consultation documents.

We are interested in what you thought of this consultation and would therefore welcome your general feedback on both the consultation package and overall consultation process. If you would like to assist us to improve the quality of future consultations, please feel free to share your thoughts with us by using the Consultation Feedback Questionnaire.

Consultation feedback questionnaire (Word)

Consultation feedback questionnaire (pdf)

In accordance with the FSA principle of openness our Information Centre at Aviation House will hold a copy of the completed consultation. Responses will be open to public access upon request. The FSA will also publish a summary of responses, which may include personal data, such as your full name and contact address details. If you do not want this information to be released, please complete and return the Publication of Personal Data Form. Return of this form does not mean that we will treat your response to the consultation as confidential, just your personal data.

Data protection form (Word)

Data protection form (pdf)

Within three months of a consultation ending we aim to publish a summary of responses received and provide a link to it from this page.

If, after three months, the summary is still not showing, please contact the person who was responsible for the original consultation. Alternatively, you can contact Chris Harvey, the FSA Consultation Co-ordinator, on 020 7276 8630.
Email: chris.harvey@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk