Boards and Committees

Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene

Terms of Reference

1. To consider and advise the Secretary for Environment and Ecology (SEE) on policies relating to food safety, environmental hygiene and veterinary public health, and to monitor their implementation;
2. To advise SEE on the regulation of farms, food premises, food hazards and food composition;
3. To receive reports on the handling of major food and farm incidents; and
4. To advise SEE on community education and publicity programmes for promoting public understanding of food safety and public responsibility for environmental hygiene.