§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the time taken to establish the Food Standards Agency following the date of Royal Assent to the relevant Act of Parliament. [69087]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 11 July 2002]It took less than five months to establish the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The Food Standards Act 1999 received Royal Assent on 11 November 1999 and the FSA started work on 1 April 2000.