Service Contracts

FSAI has contracts with the following official agencies:

• local authorities
• The Health Service Executive
• The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• The State Laboratory
• The Marine Institute
• The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
• The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority

The contracts are for a minimum duration of three years and, subject to the request of either the FSAI or the official agency, may be reviewed during that time. The contracts must be published within three months of the date they are entered into.

There are also Memorandums of Understanding in place between the FSAI and other enforcement agencies:

• The Dept of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia, Teagasc
• Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Food Standards Agency (Northern Ireland)
• Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
• Loughs Agency
• Revenue’s Customs Service
• Safefood

A Memorandum of Understanding sets out a framework for co-operation in their food safety activities where a service contract is a legal agreement to enforce food safety legislation.