Food safety research and surveillance

Find out about the research we do to keep food safe across the whole food chain

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We fund a wide range of research and surveillance projects which support our risk analysis process for developing food safety policy, and help to ensure that the guidance we produce for businesses and our public health and food law delivery partners, and the advice we provide to consumers, are based on the best science available. Our food safety research and surveillance projects sit under 4 of the Food and Health Research Programme priority themes.

Food safety reports

Find all our research reports looking at food safety in Scotland.

See all food safety reports

Food surveillance

Our food surveillance programmes help us get data about safety, compositional standards, and authenticity of food and feed in Scotland.

Food surveillance
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