Chief Executive and Directors meeting details Sept 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 Sept 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 03/09/08 | Hugh Taylor, Perm Sec, Department of Health | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 04/09/08 | Prof David Harper, Director General, Health Improvement and Protection and Chief Scientist, DH | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 08/09/08 | Catherine Brown, Chief Executive, Animal Health | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 08/09/08 | Prof Graham MacGregor, Consensus Action on Salt and Health | Discussion on matters of mutual interest. Rosemary Hignett also attended |
| 09/09/08 | Harrop Wallop, Daily Telegraph | Interview |
| 09/09/08 | Mark Price, Managing Director, Waitrose | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 11/09/08 | Alasdair Murdoch, Chief Executive, Pizza Hut | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 12/09/08 | Unliever Research & Development Facility | Fact finding visit Sandy Lawrie and Chris Jones also attended |
| 15/09/08 | Stuart Roberts, British Meat Processors Association, Norman Bagley, Association of Independent Meat Suppliers and Ian Anderson, Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 15/09/08 | Melanie Leech, Director General, Helen Munday, Director of Food Safety and Science. Michael Hunt, Director of Communications, Food and Drink Federation | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest.Gill Fine and Stephen Humphreys also attended |
| 16/09/08 | Dairy UK Conference and Annual Dinner | Speaking event. Attendee |
| 24/09/08 | Britich Retail Consortium Annual Retail Industry Dinner | Attendee |
| 26/09/08 | Dr Sudan Jebb, Medical Research Council, Human Nutrition Research | Fact finding visit |
| 29/09/08 | Derek Allen and Wendy Martin, Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
| 29/09/08 | Stuart Roberts, British Meat Processors Association | Discussion on matters of mutual interest |
Gill Fine - Director of Consumer Choice and Dietary Health
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 08/10/08 | British Nutrition Foundation – Scientific Advisory and Industrial Scientists Committees Meeting | Presented and attended meeting |
| 13/10/08 | Dairy UK | Meeting |
| 17/10/08 | Academy of Culinary Arts | Visit to Highgrove |
Terrence Collis - Director of Communications
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 10/09/08 | Harry Wallop Consumer Affairs Correspondent Daily Telegraph & Tim Smith, Chief Executive, Food Standards Agency | Discussion on matters of mutural interest |
| 16/09/08 | Julia and Charles Stuart-Smith Editorial Intelligence- chairman | Media Tracking |
| 24/09/08 | Professor Ragnar Lofstedt | Risk Communication |
Gerry McCurdy - Director of Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 01/09/08 | Stakeholders met at Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland offices to discuss BSE Testing age. The meeting was chaired by Gerry McCurdy | Proposal to raise BSE Testing age |
| 03/09/08 | Members of Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee | Mr McCurdy inter alia provides update report on executive activities |
| 04/09/08 05/09/08 | Waterford Conference - In attendance: Mary McAleese, President of the Republic of Ireland, Republic of Ireland Junior Agriculture Minister and the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Minister | Discussion on Artisan Foods and Local Food Production on Island of Ireland, Enforcement, Country of Origin Labelling |
| 09/09/08 10/09/08 11/09/08 12/09/08 | Association of Port Health Authorities Conference Manchester (APA) | International conference covering imported food controls, international health regulations and enforcement issues |
| 22/09/08 | Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland Senior Management Team | Regular team meeting |
| 23/09/08 | Meeting at Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland offices with Martin Higgins, Chief Executive, Food Safety Promotion Board | Discussion on Food Safety Promotion Board’s participation in Sat Fat Campaign and National Food Safety Week 2009 |
| 24/09/08 | Meeting with Peter Gay, Facilitator for Northern Ireland Food Advisory Committee “Away Day” | Discussion on details of the “Away Day |
| 26/09/08 | Meeting at Department of Agriculture & Rural Development offices with Roy McClenaghan, Deputy Secretary, Anne Dorby, Stephen Millar | Re: Axis 1 and Axis 3 Re:Rural Development/Farm Diversification and Up-skilling of farmers |
| 26/09/08 | Meeting with Maynard Mawhinney, Director Food Team, Invest Northern Ireland office | Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland inter-action with Invest NI and Food Industry |
| 30/09/08 | Meeting with Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Minister Michelle Gildernew at her office along with Dr Ian Reynolds, Food Standards Agency and Dr Maureen Edmondson, Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland | Re: Introducing Gerry McCurdy as new FSANI Director,Meat Charging,Labelling issues |
Steve Wearne - Director of Food Standards Agency Wales
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 25/09/08 | Chartered Institute of Environment Health, Wales Directorate, Celebration Dinner | Representational |
| 29/09/08 | Heads of Inspectorates Forum, Wales | Regular business meeting |