Summary
Food Standards Scotland is fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011, which came into force on the 1st January 2013. Food Standards Scotland will therefore follow procedures that aim to ensure that all employees, contractors, agents, consultants and other trusted third parties who have access to any information held within the organisation are fully aware of and abide by their duties under the Act.
The scope of the Plan applies to all records irrespective of age, format, the technology used to create and store them, or the type of information they contain.
This plan will be reviewed every year (or sooner if new legislation, codes of practices or national standards are to be introduced).
