111th ACMSF Meeting 5 February 2026

One-hundred and eleventh meeting of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food will be held at 11.30 on 5th February 2026. Hybrid meeting.

Public Attendance at this meeting

Members of the public are welcome to attend ACMSF plenary meetings as observers. Request to attend should sent to acmsf@food.gov.uk  by Friday 30 January 2026.  Please note that space for observers is limited so we may not be able to accommodate everyone who wants to attend.

Venue

Mercure London Bridge Hotel, 71-79 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0JA

Microsoft Teams link is available for those who wish to join the meeting remotely.

Agenda

11:30-11:35 (Items 1-3)

1.    Chair’s welcome

2.    Apologies for absence

3.    Declaration of interests

11:35-11:40

4.   Minutes of the last meeting (ACM/MIN/1010) 

11:40-11:55

5.   Matters arising – (Anthony Wilson, FSA) (ACM/1464)

11:55-12:10

6.  Update from Listeria working group

12:10-12:20

7.   Update to Committee Expertise review – Elaine Pegg, FSA (ACM/1465) 

12:20-13:05

8.   Overview of VARRS report - Tamsin Dewe, VMD

13:05-13:15

9.   Public Q&A

(13:15-14:00) Break

CLOSED SESSION

14:00-14:15

10.  Science council update – (Anthony Wilson, FSA) reserved business

14:15-14:45

11.  EFIG update - Anthony Wilson, FSA (ACM/1466) – reserved business

14:45-15:30

12.  Overview of Campylobacter SRA - Elli Amanatidou, FSA (ACM/1467) reserved business

15:30-15:40

13.  IID3 update - Lauren Adams, FSA reserved business

15:40-16:00

14.  AOB 

 

Additional papers

ACM/1468  Items of literature

ACM/1469  Update from other committees