Contact us
An A to Z of topics with contact details for specific Food Standards Agency staff working in that area, including telephone numbers and email details. To report a food-related issue in your area, check out our local authority postcode search facility. Visit this page to view the addresses for the Agency's offices in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Acrylamide
Aziz Badoui 020 7276 8710
email: aziz.badoui@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Alcoholic Drinks
Policy and legislation on labelling and ingredient listing:
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Composition and technology related to wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks: Chandra Ambigaipagan
tel: 020 7276 8166
email: chandra.ambigaipagan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Allergy and Food Intolerance Policy on Labelling (inc "May Contain" and non-prepacked foods) and Awareness
First point of contact for all policy matters relating to food allergy enquiries:
Dionne Davey
tel: 020 7276 8531
email: dionne.davey@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Allergy and Food Intolerance Research
First point of contact for all research into food allergy enquiries:
Joelle Buck
tel: 020 7276 8516
email: joelle.buck@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Animal By-Products
Animal by-products are the parts of an animal that are not intended for human consumption
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Animal Feed
Joseph Nicholas
tel: 020 7276 8462
email: joseph.nicholas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Assurance Schemes
General enquiries:
Bill Drennan
tel: 020 7276 8138
email: bill.drennan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Baby Foods
Policy on baby foods, including infant and follow-on formula and weaning foods:
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: Derek.Hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Board Secretariat
Keith Gregory
tel: 020 7276 8612 or Debbie Coles 020 7276 8214
email: Keith.A.Gregory@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
email: debbie.coles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Bottled Waters: Regulation, Composition and Technical Standards
Technology and legislation for bottled waters (natural mineral, spring and bottled drinking):
Chandra Ambigaipagan
tel: 020 7276 8166
email: chandra.ambigaipagan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Bread and flour
Labelling Regulations and composition:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
BSE (and other TSEs)
General enquiries:
Kenny Odukoya
tel: 020 7276 8333
email: olukayode.Odukoya@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Caffeine/Quinine
Labelling requirements:
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Catering Establishments
See labelling in catering establishments
Chocolate
Regulation, composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Choking hazards
Bill Drennan
tel: 020 7276 8138
email: bill.drennan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Codex Alimentarius
General co-ordination:
Mr Mike O'Neill
tel: 020 7276 8664
email: codex_fsa@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Coffee (instant)
Composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Collagen and Gelatines
Jerry Wigens
tel: 020 7276 8347
email: jerry.wigens@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)
Julie Shroff
tel: 020 7276 8522
email: julie.shroff@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Complaints
To find out about the official FSA complaints procedure, visit the page listing the responsibilities of the FSA Complaints co-ordinator.
Philip Clarke
tel: 020 7276 8338
email: philip.clarke@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Consultation Process (not content)
Chris Harvey
tel: 020 7276 8630
email: chris.harvey@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Consumer Policy
Consumers with general food-related queries should call the helpline on 020 7276 8829 or email helpline@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Consumer policy: Consumer consultation; liaison with consumer organisations:
Jaswinder Bangar
tel: 020 7276 8179
email: Jaswinder.Bangar@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Consumer Attitudes Survey:
Robyn Ackerman
tel: 020 7276 8494
email: Robyn.Ackerman@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Contaminants (Environmental)
Inorganic contaminants (lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic, other metals, iodine):
Kara Thomas
tel: 020 7276 8727
email: kara.thomas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Organic contaminants (dioxins, PCBs, BFRs, PAHs, PFOS):
David Mortimer
tel: 020 7276 8731
email: david.mortimer@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Contaminated land/ allotments
Kara Thomas
tel: 020 7276 8727
email: Kara.Thomas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Contracts
Procurement Advisory Unit
Room 215B Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH
United Kingdom
Telephone:
020 7276 8011: Frank Wright (Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8252: Ian Page (Deputy Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8251: Helen Glover (Purchasing Manager)
Fax: 0207 276 8289
email: procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Country of Origin
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Dairy Hygiene (including dairy products)
General enquiries: Ifzal Khan 020 7276 8987
List of approved establishments: Ifzal Khan 020 7276 8987
email: ifzal.khan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Date Marking
Policy on 'best before' and 'use by' dates:
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Dietetic Foods
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Disability equality
Bethan Campbell
tel: 020 7276 8638
email: bethan.campbell@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
E
Economics Advice
Derrick Jones
tel: 020 7276 8611
email: derrick.jones@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Chris Bryant
tel: 020 7276 8659
email: chris.bryant@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Edible Co-Products
Edible co-products are the parts of an animal that can later be processed for use in food.
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Eggs
Policy responsibility for both EC and domestic legislation relating to the hygiene of eggs:
Lucy Foster
tel: 020 7276 8951
email: lucy.foster@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Egg Products Hygiene (Hygiene Policy and Legislation)
Simon Petty 020 7276 8976
email: simon.petty@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Emergencies
Environmental contamination incidents related to food safety:
Business hours:
tel: 020 7276 8737
email: foodincidents@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Out of hours:
tel: 020 7270 8960
Endocrine Disrupters
Caroline Tahourdin
tel: 020 7276 8520
email: caroline.tahourdin@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Enquiries
Written enquiries see FSA Information Centre
Telephone enquiries see Helpline
EU
For queries relating to specific EU policy areas or regulations, please contact the appropriate policy area or look under H for helpline.
EU Co-ordination and strategy:
Kate Todd
tel: 020 7276 8634
email: kate.todd@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Fats and Oils
Compositional/labelling issues; includes spreadable fats:
Chandra Ambigaipagan
tel: 020 7276 8166
email: chandra.ambigaipagan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Fish and Fish products (not Health Marks)
Regulations, composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: richard.wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Fish and Shellfish - Hygiene
General enquiries:
Mike Talbot
tel: 020 7276 8991
email: mike.talbot@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Hygiene policy:
Tracy Boshier
tel: 020 7276 8944
email: tracy.boshier@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Research and development:
Heiko Stolte
tel: 020 7276 8954
email: heiko.stolte@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Lists of approved establishments:
Abimbola Nathan
tel: 020 7276 8454
email: abimbola.nathan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Additives
Sweeteners, flavourings and enzymes:
Gloria Obasogie
tel: 020 7276 8583
email: Gloria.Obasogie@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Colours and miscellaneous food additives other than colours and sweeteners
Clifford Gedling
tel: 020 7276 8570
email: clifford.gedling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Authenticity (Research)
Lucy Sharp
tel: 0207 276 8406
email: lucy.sharp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Champion Awards (Research)
Duncan Ritchie
tel: 0207 276 8345
email: foodchampion@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Contact Materials
Chemical migration into food from packaging and other materials and articles in contact with food:
Nana Boakye
tel: 020 7276 8553
email: nana.boakye@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (PARNUTS)
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: Derek.Hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Hygiene Campaign
Implementation of strategy to reduce food poisoning:
Robert Martin
tel: 020 7276 8945
email: Robert.Martin@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food hygiene in the home/schools:
Adam Hardgrave
tel: 020 7276 8993
email: Adam.Hardgrave@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Harriette Lascelles
tel: 020 7276 8967
email: Harriette.Lascelles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Incidents/Food Alerts
Technical support for local authorities; operates Food Alert system; UK competent authority for Rapid Alert System For Food and Feed (RASFF)
Raj Ubhi
tel: 020 7276 8448
email: Rajwinder.Ubhi@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Irradiation
Carl Blackburn
tel: 020 7276 8744
email: Carl.Blackburn@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Law Policy: EU and UK
Overview of Food Safety Act and General EU food law regulation:
Chandra Ambigaipagan
tel: 020 7276 8166
email: Chandra.Ambigaipagan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
For enforcement issues, please use contacts in 'Local Authorities' section below.
Food Supplements
Policy and legislation on dietary supplements sold as food:
tel: 020 7276 8398
email: food_supplements@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Foodborne disease
Food poisoning including salmonella, campylobacter, E. coli and listeria infections
Adam Hardgrave
020 7276 8993
email: adam.hardgrave@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Fortified Foods
Sarah Paterson
tel: 020 7276 8149
email: sarah.paterson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Freedom of Information
To make a request for information to the Food Standards Agency, please use this A-Z contact list to identify the correct person. If you wish to write a letter, please address it for their attention and post it to:
Food Standards Agency
Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH
Or you can e-mail your request to helpline@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Fruit Juices Labelling
Regulation, composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Genetic Modification
Labelling legislation:
tel: 020 7276 8398
email: gm.labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Safety:
Alison Asquith
tel: 020 7276 8596
email: gm.inquiries@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
General Food Hygiene legislation
Michelle Bayliss
tel: 020 7276 8974
email: michelle.bayliss@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Amanda Blaize
tel: 0207 276 8971
email: amanda.blaize@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
General Food Hygiene legislation (Temperature Control)
Simon Petty
tel: 020 7276 8976
email: simon.petty@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Glycyrrhizinic Acid Labelling
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Good Practice Hygiene and HACCP Guides
Simon Petty
tel: 020 7276 8976
email: simon.petty@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Michelle Bayliss
tel: 020 7276 8974
email: michelle.bayliss@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
Implementation:
Julian Blackburn
tel: 0207 276 8430
email: julian.blackburn@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
HACCP in slaughterhouses, cutting plants and cold stores:
Joanna Fullick
tel: 020 7276 8304
email: joanna.fullick@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Plant HACCP Manual:
Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: Wing-man.Chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
HELPLINE
If you wish to make a telephone enquiry you can ring our helpline.
tel: 020 7276 8829
email: helpline@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Herbal Products
Chris Jones
tel: 020 7276 8572
email: herbals@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Honey
Composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Joelle Appleby
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: joelle.appleby@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Horizon Scanning
Sharn Bowen
tel: 020 7276 8336
email: sharn.bowen@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Human Resources, including possible recruitment opportunities
Ian Thomson
tel: 020 7276 8033
email: ian.thomson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Hygiene legislation
General enquiries:
David Gray
tel: 020 7276 8940
email: david.gray@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Caterers
England: Julian Blackburn - 0207 276 8430 julian.blackburn@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Wales: Keith Blake - 029 2067 8902 keith.blake@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Scotland: Pauline Wilkinson 01224 285140 pauline.wilkinson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Northern Ireland: Trevor Williamson - 02890 417713 trevor.williamson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Primary production
Food hygiene - Carol Gardner 020 7276 8930 carol.gardner@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Feed hygiene - Sharon Nandhra 020 7276 8469 sharon.nandhra@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Retailers
England: Julian Blackburn - 0207 276 8430 julian.blackburn@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Wales: Keith Blake - 029 2067 8902 keith.blake@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Scotland: Pauline Wilkinson - 01224 285140 pauline.wilkinson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Northern Ireland: Trevor Williamson - 02890 417713 trevor.williamson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Hygiene legislation contacts for eggs, fish, meat and milk and dairy establishments can be found under those headings.
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Imported Food
Helpline
tel: 020 7276 8018
email: imported.food@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Incident Prevention Strategy
Paula Waldron
tel: 020 7276 8537
email: paula.waldron@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Incidents Response Team
Environmental contamination incidents:
William Francis
tel: 020 7276 8737
email: William.Francis@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Incidents/Food Alerts:
Rajwinder Ubhi
tel: 020 7276 8448
email: rajwinder.ubhi@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Drazenka Tubin-Delic
tel: 020 7276 8450
email: Drazenka.Tubin-Delic@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Out of hours 24hr contact
tel: 020 7270 8960
Information Centre
The FSA Information Centre at Aviation House, London, is the main information service provider for the UK Food Standards Agency and the Meat Hygiene Service. External research institutes, other government departments, members of the public and research students may use the Information Centre. Members of the public or students who wish to use the Information Centre may request an appointment in writing, either directly or via another part of the Food Standards Agency. Please give at least 1 day's advance notice.
Opening hours: 9am to 5pm weekdays
email: InfoCentre@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
'Information Centre helpdesk' number for outside callers: 020 7276 8181.
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Jam and similar sweet products
Regulations, composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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No listings
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Labelling (Legislation)
Food - Policy and legislation; presentation and advertising; origin labelling; ingredient listing for alcoholic drinks; lot marking, QUID:
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition - labelling:
Julie Lucas
tel: 020 7276 8014
email: julie.lucas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition Claims:
Sarah Paterson
tel: 020 7276 8149
email: sarah.paterson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Regulations, composition and technical standards: Meat products, Bread, Flour, Fruit Juice, Chocolate, Honey and Jam:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Labelling in Catering Establishments
Improving information in catering establishments and for loose foods (excluding safety and hygiene matters):
Jeff Mills
tel: 020 7276 8147
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Library and information service
See: Information Centre
Local Authorities
Local Authority Audit:
Abimbola Adeyemi
tel: 020 7276 8428
email: Abimbola.Adeyemi@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
MHS Audit:
Patrick Otto
tel: 020 7276 8437
email: Patrick.Otto@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Qualifications and training for local authority food law enforcement officers:
Bob Pilling
tel: 020 7276 8436
email: Robert.Pilling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Enforcement (policy issues) - including Framework Agreement, Enforcement Liaison Group:
Nathan Philippo
tel: 020 7276 8503
email: nathan.philippo@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Alerts/Food Incidents:
Liz McNulty
tel: 020 7276 8461
email: liz.mcNulty@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Fraud - providing advice on investigating all types of meat fraud:
John Furzer
tel: 020 7276 8077
email: john.furzer@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Technical advice on food hygiene enforcement:
Shaheen Zar
tel: 020 7276 8452
email: shaheen.zar@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Technical advice on food standards enforcement:
Colin Houston
tel: 020 7276 8440
email: colin.houston@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Religious and Ethnic Communities
Initial point of contact for all food issues:
Julian Ciepluch
tel: 020 7276 8449
email: julian.ciepluch@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Local food (consumer interests)
Bill Drennan
tel: 020 7276 8138
email: bill.drennan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Mail-order and online selling
Bill Drennan
tel: 020 7276 8138
email: bill.drennan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Marketing Terms (Fresh, Pure, Natural etc)
Janet McKenzie
tel: 020 7276 8172
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Fraud
(See Local Authorities)
Meat (Hygiene Legislation)
On-farm production of poultry and lagomorph meat (hares, rabbits etc):
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: Wing-man.Chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Licensing/approval of slaughterhouses and cutting plants:
Rachel Patrick
tel: 020 7276 8369
email: Rachel.Patrick@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Red meat: (large farmed game):
Patricia Elliott
tel: 020 7276 8354
email: Patricia.Elliott@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Farmed and wild game:
Vanessa Charles
tel: 020 7276 8386
email: Vanessa.Charles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Hygiene Policy Forum (MHPF)
Discusses issues arising from current and proposed meat hygiene policy; contributes to future policy development:
Miss Wing-Man Chan (Secretariat)
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Hygiene Service
Inspection charges:
Kenny Odukuya
tel: 020 7276 8326
email: Kenny.Odukoya@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
MHS Clean Livestock Policy Issues:
Patricia Elliott
tel: 020 7276 8377
email: patricia.elliott@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Audit by FSA:
David Walker
tel: 020 7276 8372
email: john.robinson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Meat Products
Labelling Regulations and composition:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: richard.wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Approval of combined premises - minced meat and meat preparations, mechanically separated meat
Miss Wing-Man Chan
tel: 020 7276 8384
email: wing-man.chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Medical Foods
Policy of foods for special medical purposes:
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: Derek.Hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Methods of Analysis and Sampling/Analytical Data Quality
Roger Wood
tel: 01603 255 231
email: Roger.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Andrew Damant
tel: 020 7276 8757
email: Andrew.Damant@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Microbiological Food Safety
Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food:
Lucy Foster
tel: 020 7276 8946
email: Lucy.Foster@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance:
Paul Cook
tel: 020 7276 8950
email: Paul.Cook@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Foodborne illness/disease
Adam Hardgrave
tel: 020 7276 8993
email: Adam.Hardgrave@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Harriette Lascelles
tel: 020 7276 8967
email: Harriette.Lascelles@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Microbiological criteria:
Scarlet Harris
tel: 020 7276 8698
email: Scarlet.Harris@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Research:
Helen Prangley
tel: 020 7276 8793
email: Helen.Prangley@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Surveillance:
Chun-Han Chan
tel: 020 7276 8957
email: Chun-Han.Chan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Zoonoses (including Campylobacter and Salmonella in poultry):
Ian Smith
tel: 020 7276 8975
email: Ian.Smith@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Milk and Milk Products (Compositional Aspects)
Compositional/labelling issues:
Chandra Ambigaipagan
tel: 020 7276 8166
email: chandra.ambigaipagan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Milk hygiene
Ifzal Khan
tel: 020 7276 8987
email: Ifzal.Khan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Mineral Waters: see Bottled Waters
Mycotoxins (e.g. Aflatoxins)
Advice on toxins produced by certain moulds that grow on foodstuffs:
Gavin Shears
tel: 020 7276 8713
email: gavin.shears@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Nitrates in Vegetables
Simona Origgi
tel: 020 7276 8722
email: Simona.Origgi@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Novel Foods
Shuhana Begum
tel: 020 7276 8579
email: Shuhana.Begum@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition
Labelling:
Julie Lucas
tel: 020 7276 8014
email: julie.lucas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition and Health Claims:
Sarah Paterson
tel: 020 7276 8149
email: sarah.paterson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Dietary surveys (food and nutrient intake):
Mary Stather
tel: 020 7276 8915
email: mary.stather@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food composition/Nutrient content
Krishna Patel
tel: 020 7276 8916
email: k.patel@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Policy and advice:
Henry Odeje
tel: 020 7276 8934
email: henry.odeje@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition research:
Rachel Elsom (change) (3)
tel: 020 7276 8959
email: rachel.elsom@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition Strategy - work with industry (on salt/fat/calories), cross government work (eg Food and Health Action Plan):
Nicole Redhead (Industry salt)
tel: 020 7276 8924
email: nicole.redhead@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
tel: 020 7276 8134
Lorna Chadney (Industry fat/calorie)
email: lorna.chadney@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food Vision:
Krishna Patel
tel: 020 7276 8916
email: k.patel@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutrition Profiling:
Karen Powell
tel: 020 7276 8313
email: karen.powell@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Signpost labelling:
Julie Lucas
tel: 020 7276 8014
email: julie.lucas@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Baby Foods:
Policy on baby foods, including infant and follow-on formula and weaning foods:
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Dietetic Foods;
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8143
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Food for Particular Nutritional Uses (PARNUTS):
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8143
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Medical Foods:
Policy of foods for special medical purposes:
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8143
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Folic Acid:
Lynda Harrop
Tel: 020 7276 8928
Email: lynda.harrop@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Official feed and food control Regulation
Project to apply Regulation in the UK
Catriona Stewart
tel: 020 7276 8498
email: catriona.stewart@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
General enquiries on the legislation
David Millis
tel: 020 7276 8424
email: david.millis@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Organic Food
General enquiries:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Nutritional content:
Gillian Swan
tel: 020 7276 8912
email: gillian.swan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Parliamentary and Ministerial Correspondence Unit
Parliamentary business; co-ordination of replies to Ministerial correspondence and distribution of Treat Official correspondence; honours and public appointments:
Helen Chapman
tel: 020 7276 8639
email: helen.chapman@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Pesticides, including biocides (Food Safety Aspects)
Authorisation and monitoring, residues in food:
Keneth Chinyama
tel: 020 7276 8518
email: Keneth.Chinyama@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
Patrick Miller
tel: 020 7276 8277
email: Patrick.Miller@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Press Office
tel: 020 7276 8888
Out of hours pager: 07623 978 344
Private Office of the Chair and Deputy Chair
Private Secretary to the Chair:
Sue Johns
tel: 020 7276 8625
email: Sue.Johns@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Private Secretary to the Deputy Chair:
Karen Powell
tel: 020 7276 8626
email: Karen.Powell@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Process Contaminants
Toxic chemicals formed from components of food during processing eg 3-MCPD, acrylamide:
Nina Webber
tel: 020 7276 8714
email: Nina.Webber@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Processed Fruit and Vegetables and their Products
Codex standards enquiries:
Michelle McQuillan
tel: 020 7276 8159
email: Michelle.McQuillan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Procurement
Procurement Advisory Unit
Room 215B Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH
United Kingdom
telephone:
020 7276 8011: Frank Wright (Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8251: Helen Glover (Deputy Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8219: Oluseyi Omosebi (Admin Officer)
fax: 0207 276 8289
email: procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Promotion of Foods to Children
Karen Powell
tel: 020 7276 8313
email: karen.powell@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Publications
tel: 0845 606 0667
email: foodstandards@ecgroup.co.uk
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Quick Frozen foods
Regulations enquires:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Radioactivity in Food
Jocelyn Harvey
tel: 020 7276 8749
email: jocelyn.harvey@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Irradiation: See 'Food irradiation'
Regional Unit
Agency teams working within the English Government Regions to help to support and deliver the Agency's key targets on Food Safety, Eating for Health and 'Choice' in partnership with local and regional organisations. To find out more about the Regional Unit and for general enquiries, contact the Central Unit. For a local issue or event, contact the appropriate regional team direct.
Central Unit:
John Barnes (Head of Unit)
tel: 020 7276 8416
email: john.barnes@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Jackie Jewett (Unit Liaison Officer)
tel: 020 7276 8932
email: jackie.jewett@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
East Midlands:
Rob Howard (Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0115 971 4756
mobile: 07769 642548
email: rob.howard@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
PK Khaira (Deputy Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0115 971 4755
mobile: 07776 225624
email: pk.khaira@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
North West:
Angela Towers (Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0161 952 4248
mobile: 07881 717180
email: angela.towers@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Sharon Young (Deputy Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0161 952 4248
mobile: 07867 538448
email: sharon.young@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
South East:
Alan Harvey (Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 01483 882368
mobile: 07884 473006
email: alan.harvey@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Gail Jones (Deputy Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 01483 882366
mobile: 07786 681292
email: gail.jones@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
South West:
Toni Smith (Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0117 900 1730
mobile: 07990 795370
email: toni.smith@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Lorna Thompson (Deputy Regional Co-ordinator)
tel: 0161 952 4248
mobile: 07881 717180
email: lorna.thompson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Religious and Ethnic Communities
Initial point of contact for all food issues:
John Furzer
tel: 020 7276 8077
email: John.Furzer@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Research (Agency's portfolio)
Co-ordinates FSA's research activities; liaison with other Departments and funding bodies; publicises FSA research portfolio; development of research policy and strategy; Secretariat to the Advisory Committee on Research:
Alisdair Wotherspoon
tel: 020 7276 8786
email: alisdair.wotherspoon@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
EU framework programme 6 and 7:
Patrick Miller
tel: 020 7276 8277
email: patrick.miller@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Scores on the Doors
Philip Flaherty
tel: 020 7276 8445
email: philip.flaherty@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Slimming Foods
Derek Hampson
tel: 020 7276 8065
email: derek.hampson@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Spring Waters: see Bottled Waters
Statistics and Survey Techniques
John Pascoe
tel: 020 7276 8607
email: john.pascoe@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Cliff Gay
tel: 020 7276 8657
email: cliff.gay@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Sugar Labelling
Regulations, composition and technical standards:
Richard Wood
tel: 020 7276 8154
email: Richard.Wood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Sustainable Development Policy
Karen Dell
tel: 020 7276 8481
email: Karen.Dell@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Tenders
Procurement Advisory Unit
Room 215B Aviation House
125 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6NH
United Kingdom
Telephone:
020 7276 8011: Frank Wright (Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8252: Ian Page (Deputy Head of Procurement)
020 7276 8251: Helen Glover (Purchasing Manager)
Fax: 0207 276 8289
email: procurement@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Toxicity of Chemicals in Food
Julie Shroff
tel: 020 7276 8522
email: julie.shroff@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Traceability
Bill Drennan
tel: 020 7276 8138
email: bill.drennan@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Vegetarian and Vegan Labelling
Janet McKenzie
tel: 020 7276 8172
email: labelling@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Veterinary Medicines (Food Safety Aspects)
Vincent Greenwood
tel: 0207 276 8548
email: Vincent.Greenwood@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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Waste Issues
General enquiries relating to the implications of waste materials and emissions on food safety:
Alison Spalding
tel: 020 7276 8460
email: Alison.Spalding@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Website
For performance and technical issues relating to Food Standards Agency websites please contact:
Atif Elahi
tel: 02072768826
email: webmaster@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Working Party on Chemical Contaminants in Food
Issues concerning the presence of toxic chemicals in food:
John Bates (Secretariat)
tel: 020 7276 8730
email: john.bates@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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