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  • The Food Standards Agency has published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2012.

    The Food Standards Agency has published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2012. The plan outlines priority science and evidence activities for the coming year, including potential areas for research funding and workshops that will help develop the Agency’s evidence base.

    The proposed activities cover a wide range of areas within the Agency’s remit:
    Microbiological food safety, including campylobacter, E.coli, listeria and norovirus
    Future meat controls, and food and feed hygiene policy
    Chemical safety of food, including metals and organic contaminants
    Food law enforcement, including imported foods and food safety management systems
    Various cross-cutting areas, for example social sciences
    Diet and health related work funded by the FSA in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Any comments on the plan should be sent by Thursday 15 February to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
    The first calls for research arising from this plan are expected in the next few weeks.

    To view the article on the FSA website follow this link
    http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2012/feb/evidplan