1 The Food Standards Agency.U.K.
(1)There shall be a body to be called the Food Standards Agency or, in Welsh, yr Asiantaeth Safonau Bwyd (referred to in this Act as “the Agency”) for the purpose of carrying out the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.
(2)The main objective of the Agency in carrying out its functions is to protect public health from risks which may arise in connection with the consumption of food (including risks caused by the way in which it is produced or supplied) and otherwise to protect the interests of consumers in relation to food.
(3)The functions of the Agency are performed on behalf of the Crown.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 wholly in force at 1.4.2000; s. 1 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 43(2); s. 1(1) in force at 11.1.2000 by S.I. 2000/92, art. 2(a); s. 1 in force at 1.4.2000 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2000/1066, art. 2