Chief Executive and Directors meeting details April 2008
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Details of meetings held and attended by the Chief Executive and Directors of the Food Standards Agency during April 2008.
The Agency provides this information to meet our commitment to openness.
Details of meetings attended by the Chair and Deputy Chair are provided for Open Board meetings as a Standing Order paper. These standing order papers are updated with information from the last open Board meeting. Where a Director is not mentioned, it is because he or she had no meetings with external stakeholders during the displayed month.
Tim Smith - Chief Executive
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 02/04/08 | British Retail Consortium Lunch | Accompanying Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency to Chair’s meeting |
| 02/04/08 | Health Protection Agency Lecture entitled Setting Priorities in Public Health | Attendee |
| 04/04/08 | Nick Stace, Deputy Chief Executive and Sue Davies, Chief Policy Adviser from Which? | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. Also attended by Gill Fine |
| 08/04/08 | Peter Kendall, President, and Richard MacDonald, Director General, from National Farmers Union (NFU) | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. Also attended by Andrew Wadge |
| 08/04/08 | Andrew Jarvis, Department of Health | Meeting to discuss Cabinet Office Project on Food and Food Policy |
| 15/04/08 | Consumer Stakeholder Roundtable including: Which?, National Consumer Council, National Heart Forum,Diabetes UK, British Medical Association, Royal College of Physicians, British Heart Foundation and Consensus Action on Salt (CASH) | Introductory meeting – Adam Treslove, Food Standards Agency, Communication Division |
| 22/04/08 | Martin Higgins, CEO, Safefood | Accompanying Dame Deirdre Hutton, Food Standards Agency Chair, to Chair’s meeting |
| 22/04/08 | Consumer Stakeholder Roundtable inc:Sustain, Foodaware, National Council of Women, National Consumer Federation,Anaphylaxis Campaign,Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (HUSH),Coeliac UK and Netmums | Introductory meeting – Adam Treslove FSA Communication Division |
| 23/04/08 | Prof David Harper, DG, Health Improvement and Protection and Chief Scientist, Dept of Health | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. Also attended by Clair Baynton |
| 24/04/08 | Hugh Taylor, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. Also attended by Andrew Wadge. |
| 25/04/08 | Paula Widdowson, Northern Foods | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 29/04/08 | Professor Kent Woods, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. Also attended by Andrew Wadge |
George Paterson - Director of Food Safety Scotland
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 21/04/08 | Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) | Regularly six monthly update meeting between FSA Scotland Senior Management Team and Director of SCC |
| 22/04/08 | Society of Chief Officers of Environmental Health for Scotland (SOCOEHS) | Annual update meeting between FSAS Senior Management Team and President of SOCOEHS |
Morris McAllister - Director of Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 02/04/08 | Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee (NIFAC) | Mr McAllister provides inter alia update report on executive activity |
| 03/04/08 | Senior management team of both Food Safety Promotion Board (FSPB) and Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI) | Meeting held at FSANI offices in Belfast and discussed issues of mutual interest and agreed joint activities. |
| 03/04/08 | Meeting with Dr George Paterson, Director, Food Standards Agency Scotland | Considered review of Food Advisory Committee and devolution context. |
| 17/04/08 | 'Photo-shoot' at Newtownards | PR activity on major adopter of front of pack labelling. |