The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, of which the Minister was a member, put that succinctly in its first report, stating that “The Current Contamination Crisis has caught the FSA and Government flat-footed and unable to respond effectively within structures designed primarily to respond to threats to human health.

At the time, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said that “The Current Contamination Crisis has caught the FSA and Government flat-footed and unable to respond effectively within structures designed primarily to respond to threats to human health.