Food Standards Agency (FSA)

Government Statistical Service statisticians working in the Food Standards Agency (FSA) work in the Statistics Branch, part of the Analysis and Research Division (ARD). ARD covers economics, operational research, statistics, social research, scientific data quality and research policy. The Head of the Statistics Branch is also the Head of Profession for Statistics. They are responsible for statistical support, covering the broad remit of the FSA, including:

• support to the extensive research and survey programme of FSA, including the design of electronic questionnaires, but as yet no direct collection of data from respondents
• provide and control purpose built software for FSA staff for food assessment purposes - and provide a GIS service and specialist statistical software advice
• provide analytical and statistical support for any data sources obtained by FSA and also critiques of research and data reports from any source
• support the FSA’s 'incidents' work providing statistical support and insight wherever required

There are no FSA products.