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Welcome
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The Food Standards Agency is an independent voice within government on food, able to give advice, and publish it, without asking Ministers first.
We aim to be trusted as the UK's most reliable source of advice and information about food. We want to protect and improve the safety of the food people eat and to make it possible for people to choose a healthy diet.
This site is designed primarily with you in mind - whether you're an MP, a peer or work as a member of their staff, or work within government. This should be your first port of call whenever you need to find out more about any of the issues we are responsible for, such as:
- Food safety
- Food standards
- Labelling
- Diet and health
- Enforcing food law
We'd also encourage you to visit our main website at www.food.gov.uk for the full range of information and advice we provide.
FSA news, which is published monthly, highlights the Agency's work and summarises key developments in food safety and standards issues. If you'd like to be put on the mailing list to receive a copy each month, contact publicaffairs@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Sudan I
Sudan I is a red dye that is used for colouring solvents, oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. It is not allowed to be added to food in the UK and the rest of the EU. However, inadvertent contamination of some food products has been uncovered.
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Eatwell
Visit our new site at www.eatwell.gov.uk, for all the Agency's consumer advice and information |
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