The Food Standards Agency is advertising for researchers to carry out a systematic review of the effect of climate change on food and the agency’s own remit.

The cross-cutting themes programme has been created by the agency's chief scientist in order to deal with issues that fall across the agency’s remit.

“Climate change will impact on all areas of the agency’s work, directly or indirectly,” chief scientist Andrew Wadge said in a statement issued by the agency. “The systematic review will aim to identify the evidence the agency will need to continue to deliver strategic objectives such as to continue to reduce food-borne disease and to reduce further the risks to consumers from chemical contamination of food.”

The project will also consider the impact climate change could have on the agency’s ability to deliver its vision of safe and healthy food for all. It should identify the gaps in agency science and evidence base, identify the key areas of work to be engaged with and highlight relevant work that is already going on to ensure that the FSA has an appropriate input and collaboration with these other programmes of work and organisations. It should also identify the gaps in FSA science to help the agency make best use of its resources and contribute to the growing body of evidence in the most constructive way.

Proposals should be emailed to pk.khaira@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk at the chief scientist’s team by 5pm on January 30.

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