Food Standards Act 1999

Food Standards Act 1999

1999 CHAPTER 28

Commentary on Sections

Section 20: Power to issue guidance on control of food-borne diseases

75. This section expands on the Agency’s general function to give advice, information and assistance to provide it with the specific function of providing guidance to local authorities and other public authorities, including health authorities, on the management and control of outbreaks of food-borne illness (for example, salmonella, E.coli 0157, or campylobacter). Such guidance might, for example, include guidance on tracing the food-related source of any outbreak, or on the speed with which action needs to be taken to limit the spread of food poisoning.