Participation on Working Groups. The Official Agency shall facilitate representative staff by agreement, to participate in the Authority’s working groups, inter-agency working groups and expert working groups as appropriate to: • Produce and review Guidance Notes, and Codes of Practice. • Evaluate implications of existing and proposed food legislation. • Evaluate relevant food safety/scientific information. • Produce other outputs including meeting reports as agreed Objectives, terms of reference and timeframes shall be established and reviewed by each working group.
Participation on Working Groups. The Official Agency agrees to participate in FSAI working groups relevant to the Official Agency’s work or operations and provide advice, within its competence. Relevant working groups includes, but is not limited to, interagency working groups and expert working groups established to: • Produce the multi-annual national control plan for Ireland. • Discuss data standardisation and laboratory information systems. • Produce Guidance Notes and Codes of Practice. • Evaluate implications of existing and proposed legislation. • Evaluate relevant food safety/scientific information. • Produce other outputs as agreed.
Participation on Working Groups. The Authority and the Official Agency will agree Service Contract Committees and working groups and establish objectives, terms of reference and timeframes for each. The terms of reference will outline the purpose and scope and reporting lines of these groups and will be agreed by the Official agencies concerned. The terms of reference will be reviewed annually or as required. The role of Service Contract Committees and working groups is to make recommendations to management. The current service contract, cross-agency and ad-hoc Committees and Groups are: • Service Contract Committee on Food Legislation • Service Contract Committee on Enforcement Consistency • Service Contract Committee on Microbiological Sampling (FSAI-EHS-OFML Group) • Service Contract Committee on Chemical Sampling (FSAI-EHS-PAL Group) The terms of reference of these committees will be reviewed as required. • Cross-Agency Supervisory Arrangements Group • Cross-Agency Import Control Group • FSAI LIMS Administrators Working Group • Food Fraud o Food Fraud Task Force o Food Fraud official agencies sub-group. Ad-hoc Working Groups/Expert Groups: • Spirit drinks working group • Allergens working group • Cross-Agency Laboratory working group • Enforcement Tools working group • Second Expert Opinion working group. The Official Agency will, on request to the agreed contact point provide nominees to include staff from the Food Safety Laboratory Service, Environmental Health Service and other relevant staff to participate in the Authority’s Service Contract committees, ad hoc working groups, bilateral and cross-agency working groups and expert working groups as appropriate to:
Participation on Working Groups. The Official Agency shall participate as agreed in working groups, interagency working groups and expert working groups to:
(i) Produce and keep under review the MANCP for Ireland.
(ii) Produce Guidance Notes, Codes of Practice and Guides to Good Hygiene Practice.
(iii) Evaluate the implications of existing and proposed legislation.
(iv) Evaluate relevant food safety/scientific information.
(v) Produce other outputs as agreed.
Participation on Working Groups. The Official Agency will participate as required in the Authority’s working groups, inter- agency working groups and expert working groups to:
