Chief Executive and Directors Meeting Details March 2007
Tuesday 8 May 2007
On this page you will find details of meetings held and attended by the Chief Executive and Directors of the Food Standards Agency and Meat Hygiene Service during March 2007.
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 doesn't appear it is because he or she had no meetings with external stakeholders during the displayed month.
John Harwood - FSA Chief Executive
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | Accompanied FSA Chair to meet David Milliband, Secretary of State for Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | Regular stocktake* |
| 12/03/07 | John O’Brien, FSA Ireland | Regular stocktake* |
| 28/03/07 | Food and Drink Federation. Melanie Leech, John Wood, Helen McDermott | Regular stocktake* |
Dr Andrew Wadge - Chief Scientist and Director of Food Safety
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 07/03/07 | Prof. Sir David King Chief Scientific Advisor to H.M. Government Head of the Office of Science and Innovation | Update meeting |
| 08/03/07 | Brian Harding, David Jones, DEFRA | Update meeting with Gill Fine |
| 20/03/07 | Fiona Adshead, Health Improvement Board | Attending meeting on behalf of CEO, John Harwood |
| 20/03/07 | Catherine Geslain-Laneelle, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Executive Director | Update meeting – Catherine Geslain-Laneelle was in London visiting the FSA |
Gill Fine - Director of Consumer Choice and Dietary Health
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 05/03/07 | Susan Jebb - Head of Nutrition and Health Research at the Medical Research Council | Update meeting |
| 08/03/07 | Peter Wight of Marks & Spencer | Quarterly Meeting |
| 13/03/07 | Defra (Brian Harding and David Jones) | FSA/DEFRA Update meeting |
| 13/03/07 | The Grocer | Meeting with the Editor to discuss Nutrient Profiling |
| 16/03/07 | Meeting with Nigel Dickie, Phil Jones, Heinz Foodservice Trading Director and Colin Gordon, Commercial Manager | Update meeting |
| 28/03/07 | Masterfoods and various stakeholders | Roundtable discussion on 'Doing the Right thing - can the food industry make self-regulation work?' |
| 28/03/07 | Food and Drink Federation (FDF) | FSA/FDF Stocktake meeting |
| 28/03/07 | Meeting with Industry (retailers, manufacturers, FDF etc) | Salt Adverts |
| 29/03/07 | BBC Breakfast News | Interview on Sat Fat and Calorie intake |
| 29/03/07 | Bridget Riches (Dept. of Health) | Update meeting |
| 30/03/07 | Stephanie Valentine and Roy Ballam | British Nutrition Foundation/FSA update meeting |
David Statham - Director of Enforcement
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 02/03/07 | Chief Environmental Health Officer | A talk at their Eastern Region Meeting |
| 06/03/07 | Changes to Local Authority Enforcement Policy Board | Policy Board Meeting |
| 09/03/07 | Whitehall/Rogers Group | Roger Review/Whitehall User Group Meeting |
| 09/03/07 | Food Law Enforcement Practitioners | Steering Group Meeting |
| 13/03/07 | Christine Wade | Meeting with the Office of Fair Trading |
| 19/03/07 | Graham Russell | Meeting with Staffordshire County Council |
| 21/03/07-22/03/07 | Karen Hill, Better Regulation Executive | To discuss Retail Enforcement Pilot |
| 22/03/07 | Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) | FSA/LACORS Year Ahead Conference |
| 26/03/07 | Food Policy Forum | Forum with FSA and LACORS |
| 28/03/07 | Wendy Martin, LACORS | Update Meeting |
George Paterson - Director of FSA Scotland
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | Martyn Evans, Chief Executive of Scottish Consumer Council & Mary Lawton, Policy Advisor | Regular update meeting between FSA Scotland Senior Management Team and Scottish Consumer Council |
Joy Whinney - Director of FSA Wales
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | Health & Social Services Committee, National Assembly for Wales | Presentation to the Committee on FSA activities. |
| 21/03/07 | Local authority food team representatives | Review of Audit |
| 29/03/07 | Care Standards Inspectorate and Social Services Inspectorate Integration Project Board meeting. | Input to integration project as part of Welsh Assembly public services improvement agenda. |
Morris McAllister - Director of FSA Northern Ireland
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/07 | Meeting with Dr Geraldine Quinn, Food Safety Promotion Board | Diet & Nutrition Issues |
| 02/03/07 | Meeting with Dr Roy Ramsay, Director of Environmental Protection, Environment & Heritage Service | Regular update meeting focusing on Review of Public Administration and role of local government |
| 13/03/07 | Meeting with Mr Sam Knox and Ms Audrey McClune from Southern Group Environmental Health Committee and Mrs Maria Jennings FSA Northern Ireland | Nutrition Issues and potential for local authority engagement |
| 13/03/07 | Tele-conference with Mr Martin Higgins, Chief Executive Food Safety Promotion Board | Review North/South Bodies and return of NI Assembly |
| 21/03/07 | Tele-conference with Dr John O’Brien, Chief Executive Food Safety Authority of Ireland | Review North/South Bodies and return of NI Assembly |
| 29/03/07 | Meeting with Mr Leo O’Reilly and colleagues from Dept. Finance and Personel | CSR impact on FSANI |
| Institute of Food Science and Technology | 40th Anniversary Dinner of Belfast Branch |
Terrence Collis - Director of Communications
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 05/03/07 | Rebecca SmithersThe Guardian Consumer Affairs Correspondent | Lunch – catch up/update meeting |
| 08/03/07 | British Retail Consortium (Andrew Opie and others) | British Retail Consortium/FSA working together issues |
| 22/03/07 | Andrea Dawson-Sheperd Cadbury’s | Catch up/update meeting |
| 27/03/07 | Paul Lincoln National Heart Forum | To talk about Salt Ads campaign |
| FSA/Food and Drink Federation regular quarterly mtgs | Stocktake meetings* |
* Stakeholder “stocktakes” are held to discuss issues of shared interest and concern at a strategic level, to develop a common understanding, and ensure effective partnership in the delivery of each others vision and aims.