Our vision of a safe, healthy and sustainable food environment that benefits and protects the health and well-being of everyone in Scotland
FSS is committed to ensuring sustainability is embedded into our decision making processes and actions to continue to play a role in tackling the enormous environmental challenges facing Scotland, and the world.
The climate emergency is real, and it is affecting all of us. Science tells us there are tangible actions which must be taken now to prevent irreversible consequences.
Our ambition is to influence the regulatory architecture that makes safe, healthy and sustainable food outcomes the norm here in Scotland, across the UK, and further afield.
We are independent from Government and ideally placed to act as the conduit; collaborating to drive improvements. Our evidence base and scientific expertise influence standards set at an international level as well as being genuinely open to innovation whether it comes from the public, business, academia, or indeed regulators around the globe.
As a regulator, FSS is involved in a number of areas which aim to improve the sustainability of our food and feed, including working with Scottish Government colleagues and the Food Standards Agency on developments in insect farming and the
use of insect protein in animal feed. We also work with Zero Waste Scotland on initiatives to reduce food waste. And we advise consumers on a diet which is better for health and for the planet.
We are also working with the Food Standards Agency and food packaging manufacturers to increase the amount of plastic that can be recycled for food grade use rather than end up in landfill of the wider environment.
We publish our climate change report annually.
