THE FOOD SAFETY ACT — THE CHANGING SCENE Available to Purchase

The aim of the Food Safety Act is public confidence in safe food. It needs the Government to create the right legal protection for consumers. It needs the industry to supply safe food and it needs the enforcement authorities to enforce it. The Food Safety Act, which came into force on 1 January 1991, set up a new legal framework, the result will be public confidence in safe food. The Act creates a new, flexible framework for food law.