Chief Executive and Directors meeting details October 2008
Tuesday 18 November 2008
On this page you will find details of meetings held and attended by the Chief Executive and Directors of the Food Standards Agency during October 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 doesn't appear, it is because he or she had no meetings with external stakeholders during the displayed month.
Tim Smith - Chief Executive
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 02/10/2008 | Mac Lumpkin, Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration | Discussions on matters of mutual interest. Nick Tomlinson also attended |
| 03/10/2008 | Site visit to Morrison’s Supermarkets. Also attended meeting with Marc Boland, Chief Executive | Fact finding visit and meeting |
| 07/10/2008 | Sainsbury’s Top 200 Event | Speaking event |
| 08/10/2008 | John Rutherford, Chief Executive, Seafish | Discussions on matters of mutual interest. Andrew Wadge and Nick Tomlinson also attended |
| 08/10/2008 09/10/2008 10/10/2008 | Scotland Top 200 Event | Attendee |
| 09/10/2008 | Andrew Jarvis and Will Cavendish, Dept of Health | Discussions on matters of mutual interest |
| 13/10/2008 | Jim Begg and Mark Allen, Dairy UK | Discussions on matters of mutual interest |
| 16/10/2008 | Clive Grace and Graham Russell, Local Better Regulations Office | Discussions on matters of mutual interest. Dame Deirdre Hutton also attended |
| 17/10/2008 | Sara Parkin, Founder Director and Trustee and Deborah Fox, Director of Public Sector Programme, Forum for the Future | Discussions on matters of mutual interest |
| 18/10/2008 | Association of Independent Meat Suppliers(AIMS) | Speaking event |
| 21/10/2008 | Sir Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer and Prof David Harper, Director General, Health Improvement and Protection and Chief Scientist, Dept of Health | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 21/10/2008 | ASDA Food Labelling Roundtable | Attendee |
| 22/10/2008 | Katrina Williams, Director General, Food and Farming Group, Defra | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 22/10/2008 | Sanjay Guha, President, Coca-Cola GB&I and Dr Mike Knowles, MD, The Beverage Institute of Health and Wellness | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 22/10/2008 | Allan Edwards and Ian El-Mokadem, Compass Group | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 24/10/2008 | Site visit to ASDA Supermarkets | Fact finding visit |
| 24/10/2008 | Norman Bagley, Association of Independent Meat Suppliers(AIMS)and Stuart Roberts, British Meat Processors Association(BMPA) | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
Gill Fine - Director of Consumer Choice and Dietary Health
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 08/10/08 | British Nutrition Foundation – Science Advisory Committee /Industrial Scientists Committee Meeting | Presented and attended meeting |
| 13/10/08 | Dairy UK | Meeting |
| 17/10/08 | Academy of Culinary Arts | Visit to Highgrove |
Andrew Wadge - Chief Scientist and Director of Food Safety
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/10/08,02/10/08 | Scientific Advisory Committee | Presentation to Stakeholders |
| 20/10/08 | Babraham Institute | Introductory Visit |
Terrence Collis - Director of Communications
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 08/10/08 | Viki Cooke and Deborah Mattinson, Joint Chair of Chime Research and Engagement Division | Social Research |
Steven Wearne - Director of Food Standards Agency Wales
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 03/10/08 | Huw Brodie, Director of Rural Affairs and Heritage Welsh Assembly Government | Regular meeting on matters of common interest |
| 10/10/08 | Directors of Public Protection, Wales | Invited to attend regular meeting of this group. Update on the work of the Food Standards Agency in Wales |
| 13/10/08 | Sean Dennehey, Intellectual Property Office | Discussion on opportunities for inter-agency mentoring programme |
| 21/10/08 | Strategic Plan Stakeholder Event | Informal consultation with a range of key consumer enforcement and industry interests, on the high level content of the Food Standards Agency’s next strategic plan |
Gerry McCurdy - Director of Food Standards Agency Wales
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/10/08, 02/10/08 | Food Safety Promotion Board Scientific Advisory Committee Meeting in Cork | Routine meeting of Committee |
| 07/10/08 | Evening meeting with Dr Maureen Edmondson, NI Board Member FSA, Chair of Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee and Dr Michael Gibson, Board Member of Better Regulation | Update each party re Better Regulation and impact in Northern Ireland |
| 08/10/08, 09/10/09 | Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee Away-Days | Team building. Review of effectiveness of Committee and forward planning |
| 13/10/08 | Meeting at Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland offices with Kate Davey and Andrew Kell from Department of Agriculture and Rural Development | BSE Testing. Raising of age limit to 48/60 months |
| 23/10/08 | Dinner at Parliament Buildings - British Veterinary Association, North of Ireland | Annual Conference |
| 27/10/08 | Meeting at FSANI offices with Gary McFarlane, Director Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Northern Ireland | Introducing new FSASNI Director and looking at way of further collaboration |