The Scottish Food Crime & Incidents Unit (SFCIU) is a branch within Food Standards Scotland (FSS) which takes the lead role in the investigation of food crime. It has published its Control Strategy 2022-25 in conjunction with the NFCU (National Food Crime Unit) and was informed by the UK’s Food Crime Strategic Assessment, which FSS (Food Standards Scotland) developed with the FSA (Food Standards Agency). It outlines the food crime priorities and actions being taken to prevent food crime, detect and deter criminality and prosecute offenders. The Control Strategy looks to manage the threat of food crime and set out a clear path in what is a complex and challenging area. This work assessed information and intelligence from a range of sources and was supported by contributions from partner agencies and industry. It draws on the Divert, Deter, Detect and Disrupt framework, as utilised by the Scottish Government in their Serious Organised Crime (SOC) strategy, and which has been adopted by FSS to outline the key strategic objectives in the approach to tackling food crime.
You can download the Food Crime Strategy document here
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