As part of this work, five projects were commissioned to study the risks to public heath, animal health and welfare from changing the current meat hygiene inspection requirements.
These projects, which have now been completed and evaluated by independent experts, focused on the following areas:
The findings of this research included the recommendation that trial projects should be carried out to test the outcomes of the qualitative risk assessments.
The results of consumer research into official controls have also been published. During 2010, the FSA organised a series of focus groups with consumers to ask for their views on current and future meat hygiene controls.
It was found that:
Source: FSA
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