TSI response (PDF 115KB). Welcoming this Veterinary Residues Committee consultation, TSI acknowledges the amount of work carried out by the VRC and calls for wider publicity for it.

TSI response (PDF 116KB). TSI is delighted to see that the proposed regulations update legal definitions and powers of enforcement authorities. There is a feeling, however, that food provisions have been emphasised above those of feed and that this imbalance may need to be addressed

TSI response (PDF 133KB). TSI agrees with most of the FSA proposals but would not like to see breakfast cereals being exempt from requirements due to recent surveys finding high sugar content in some (especially children's) breakfast cereals 

TSI response (PDF 95.5KB). These Regulations will implement the EU Directive on Pyrotechnics which covers, inter alia, fireworks. TSI agrees with the definition of fireworks which are subject to prohibition, but calls for the inclusion of a mechanism to prohibit novel fireworks which subsequently prove to have a similar nuisance value or be a danger to the public. TSI also suggests that all consumer fireworks whould be subject to one age limit

TSI response (PDF 107KB). TSI welcomes the OFT proposals to improve the transparency of OFT work and actions

TSI response (PDF 129KB). A particularly detailed response

TSI response (PDF 69.2KB). TSI offers some points for consideration in a brief but wide-ranging response

TSI response (PDF 75.7KB). TSI urges the FSA to look at alternative enforcement strategies for food standards work as the options available at present (written warnings/prosecution) are restrictive for both regulators and business  

TSI response (PDF 75.7KB). Whilst expressing general support for the Food Standards Agency's regulatory work, TSI makes suggestions for improved links with local authority practitioners and calls for greater prominence to consultations affecting the business community in order to enable businesses to be involved in the early stages of changes rather than raising issues once new legislation is in place

TSI response (113 KB). TSI had hoped that there might be more for consumers in the Draft Legislative Programme and urges the Government to adopt the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representation) Bill in the Queen's Speech