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This project conducted targeted surveillance sampling of retail food products for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to identify emerging food safety risks and enhance the FSA’s intelligence on the food system. The programme was delivered in partnership with 3 Local Authority Official Food and Feed Laboratories (OLs) and 2 private OLs in England and Wales. A total of 822 food samples from 24 different food commodity types were purchased from physical and online retailers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and were tested for compliance with relevant food regulations. The samples were categorised into basket or frequently consumed foods, surveillance foods to inform the FSA’s knowledge of risk, and science and research foods to inform the FSA’s scientific knowledge and policy development. The overall findings showed that most foods were compliant with the testing and assessments undertaken. Of the samples tested for allergens 96% were deemed compliant whilst 4% indicated the presence of an undeclared allergen. Milk was the most common undeclared allergen found. In terms of authenticity, 94% of samples were deemed authentic. Reasons why samples were inauthentic included Basmati rice which contained more non-Basmati rice varieties than allowed, and non-pork meat found in pork sausages. The compliance rate for unauthorised ingredients was 93%, with issues including non-permitted sweeteners, and unauthorised and excess use of colours. For composition, 87% of samples were compliant, with issues including less meat content than declared in chicken ready meals and pork sausages, and incorrect fat content in milk. No mycotoxins or heavy metals were detected at levels of concern, but some oregano samples contained foreign bodies. Labelling irregularities were found in 21% of food products. These issues largely related to technical aspects such as incorrect typographical format of allergen information and durability dates, or missing or incorrect nutritional information.