About Me
Grainne Gilson
Schools Projects and Consumer Engagement
Officer
Food Standards Agency Scotland (FSAS)
Grainne.Gilson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
FSAS Update
• Food Standards Scotland
• Food Hygiene Training Funding
• Food Information Regulation
• Healthy Eating Tutorial
• New School Resources
• CookinCastle
Food Standards Scotland (FSS)
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FSAS currently operates within the UK FSA.
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In June 2012 Scottish Ministers agreed to create a new food body for
Scotland, Food Standards Scotland.
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FSS will be an independent, evidence based and transparent body.
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FSS will be a non-ministerial office, allowing operational autonomy from
Scottish Ministers however; FSS still accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
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FSS Vesting Day – 1 April 15
Why Food Standards Scotland?
FSS will replace FSA in Scotland
Being FSS will let us, contribute to the
Scottish Governments purpose:
and carry out its current functions
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Food and feed safety and standards
Diet & Nutrition
Food Labelling
Meat Inspection Policy &
Operational Delivery
Oversight of LA delivery and audit
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Tackling poor diet and food-borne
diseases to help people in Scotland live
longer, healthier lives.
Being more efficient and more
responsive to Scottish circumstances,
helping to ensure that our public
services are high quality, continually
improving and efficient
Supporting growth of the Scottish food
and drink industry by providing a strong,
international reputation for safe, quality
food through proportionate regulation
European Food Information for Consumers
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
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Brings together general food labelling and nutrition labelling into one
piece of legislation.
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Most of the general labelling requirements apply from 13 December
2014, with mandatory nutrition declarations needed for most prepacked
foods from 13 December 2016.
Basic Principles:
– Protection for consumers’ health & interests.
– Food information should not be misleading
– Assist in the free movement of foodstuffs – EU Internal Market.
Some of the changes…
Allergens
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Prepacked foods- New requirement to emphasise allergenic foods in the
ingredients list.
Unpackaged foods- Allergen information will be required for food sold nonprepacked, including in catering situations. (Provided verbally or in
hardcopy.)
Nutrition
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From 13 December 2016, nutrition labelling will be required for most
prepacked foods.
Small change to format (Order of nutrients, salt used in place of sodium)
A new voluntary Front of Pack (FOP) nutrition labelling approach.
More information
European Commission (FIC Regulation and Commission Q & A)
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/foodlabelling/proposed_legislation_en.
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Nutrition Labelling Guidance
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-guidance-on-nutrition-labelling
On line training
http://www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/enforcetrainfund/onlinetraining/food-labellingtraining-online/
FSA advice
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FSA allergy pages for tools, advice and guidance: http://food.gov.uk/policyadvice/allergyintol/
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Allergy E-learning http://allergytraining.food.gov.uk/
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Consumer advice http://food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/publication/allergy-leaflet.pdf
Food Hygiene Training Secondary School Students
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Delivered in Partnership with the Royal Environmental Health Institute
of Scotland (REHIS).
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100% uptake since August 2014.
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194 Schools have received funding.
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Deliver Food Hygiene Training to approx. 17, 000.
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Elementary Food Hygiene Training - over 12,000 students.
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Introduction to Food Hygiene Training - over 4,000 students.
Online Healthy Eating Tutorial- in
development
• Content derived from key government recommendations on healthy
eating
• Suitable for anyone involved in healthy eating initiatives and delivering
healthy eating messages.
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Module 1: Why a healthy balanced diet is important.
Module 2: What a healthy balanced diet looks like.
Module 3: How to achieve a healthy balanced diet.
Module 4: Test (with printable certificate on successful completion)
Where we are currently:
• Prototype completed in POWER POINT but will be converted to web
version for inclusion on our new FSS website
• Testing the content , including the questions with end users.
New School Resources
Requested by Teachers, Informed by Teachers, Approved by Teachers
• Event Feedback
• Teachers Panels
Teachers
Teachers
• Dream Resources
• FSA Messages
• Food Cards
• Teachers Guide
Teachers
New School Pack
Provide teachers with support in delivering the health and
wellbeing areas of the Curriculum of excellence
Schools Pack includes:
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Pack of Food Cards
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4 Food Safety Scenes & Stickers (2 Food Storage & 2 Kitchen)
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2 Teachers Guides
Food Cards
125 Food Cards
• Raw Ingredients/Meal Cards
• Front- Real life image
• Back- Snippets of Information
Used to introduce:
 Nutrition
 Safe and hygienic practices
 Food and the consumer
Food Safety Scenes
You can use the Posters to
introduce:
 Food Storage
 Basic principles of safe food
Practices
4C’s
 Cleaning
 Cooking
 Chilling
 Cross Contamination
Teachers Guide
• Activities clearly laid out with accompanying worksheets
• Activities matched to experiences and outcomes
• FSA Key messages - healthy eating, labelling, food safety &
allergies
Currently looking at mapping
resources to other areas of the
curriculum in the a similar way.
Secondary Schools
Home economics teachers involved throughout the development.
Suggested uses
– S1- S3 classes (Adapt for different abilities)
– Clear and concise messages – Diet, Labelling, Food Safety and
Allergens.
– Catering Staff – Whole School Food Approach
– Cluster School Visits
CookinCastle
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Online Interactive Game
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8-12 year olds (enjoyed by all ages)
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Food hygiene and Nutrition.
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Suitable for smart board, desktop and tablets.
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Leader Board- Awards for top class/school at different times of the
year.
Let the games begin…
School specific
personalised login
Adaptable to suit class
needs/time
Homepage
The Kitchen
Meal Planning
Cooking up a storm…
Results/Feedback
Top of the table
Don’t forget about…
Other FSA FREE Resources:
• Food Route: A Journey Through Food
• Eatwell Floor Mat
• Sack of Games
How can you get one?
Send us a email with yours and your schools detailsSchoolResourcesScotland@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Thank you for listening…