monitor a defined area in a way ensures that, in tandem with It is considered that sanitary surveys in the harvesters’ own risk management current format serve little purpose, as well as processes, serves to protect public being extremely costly and largesse in nature, at health. Whilst our current approach is a time when public sector organisations considered suitably robust by EU food examine cost-reducing measures. safety auditors, we are keen to explore what changes could be applied. Desk studies could, perhaps be implemented, if Despite the full survey programme considered to be necessary and a worthwhile being suspended at present pending a pursuit of collating sanitary information. formal review, FSS continues to commission desk top preliminary surveys on receipt of valid applications where no survey report exists. Cefas 7. We note that there is a requirement of the Noted. The decision to classify an current food safety legislation that competent area in the first place is one authority classifies production areas from which underpinned by a wider public interest it authorises the harvesting of shellfish and that and invites discussion: Is it always
It is considered that sanitary surveys in the current format serve little purpose, as well as being extremely costly and largesse in nature, at a time when public sector organisations examine cost-reducing measures. Desk studies could, perhaps be implemented, if considered to be necessary and a worthwhile pursuit of collating sanitary information. monitor a defined area in a way ensures that, in tandem with harvesters’ own risk management processes, serves to protect public health. Whilst our current approach is considered suitably robust by EU food safety auditors, we are keen to explore what changes could be applied. Despite the full survey programme being suspended at present pending a formal review, FSS continues to commission desk top preliminary surveys on receipt of valid applications where no survey report exists. Cefas 7. We note that there is a requirement of the current food safety legislation that competent authority classifies production areas from which it authorises the harvesting of shellfish and that Noted. The decision to classify an area in the first place is one underpinned by a wider public interest and invites discussion: Is it always
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