Reports of rotten pork being sold in UK may lead to tighter control of FSA

Therés? Coffey may bring Food Standards Agency, now overseen by health department, under remit of DefraThe UK government is considering tightening control over the Food Standards Agency (FSA) after news that allegedly fraudulent pork products found their way on to supermarket shelves.Therés? Coffey, the secretary of state for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), told the House of Commons on Thursday that she would look at bringing the FSA under her department's control.This article was amended on 30 March 2023 and 31 March 2023. An earlier version said that Robert Goodwill was Defra minister of state; in fact he is chair of the environment, food and rural affairs select committee. It was further amended to reflect that Goodwill was asked about the possibility of a parliamentary inquiry, not a government inquiry. Continue reading...