Chief Executive and Directors meeting details April 2010
Monday 14 June 2010
On this page you will find details of meetings held and attended by the Chief Executive and Directors of the Food Standards Agency during April 2010.
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.
Jeff Rooker - Chair
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/10 | Campden BRI Laboratory | Fact finding visit | |
| 27/04/10 | Harper Adams University College | Speaker |
Tim Smith - Chief Executive
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/10 | National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) for Lunch | Andrew Dillon (CE of NICE) Mike Kelly (Director of Public Health)Andrew Wadge | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 12/04/10 | Department of Health | David Harper (Chief Scientist & Director General of Health Protection- Department of Health) | Six-monthly catch-up |
| 12/04/10 | Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Helen Ghosh (Permanent Secretary) | Election |
| 13/04/10 & 14/04/10 | Visit to Hague to meet the VWA | Kara Thomas accompanied | Fact finding visit |
| 15/04/10 | Saxton Bampflyde | Ross Newby | Catch-up on Director recruitment |
| 15/04/10 | National Audit Office | Dean Parker,Joyti Sharma,Chris Pomfret,Chris Hitchen | Audit Fee Meeting |
| 19/04/10 | Trading Standards Institute (TSI)/Local Better Regulations Office(LBRO) Joint Dinner | Invited attendee, annual dinner | |
| 21/04/10 | Business Innovation Skills | Phillipa Lloyd | Introduction |
| 22/04/10 | Better Regulation Executive | Heads of Regulators Meeting | |
| 27/04/10 | Iain Ferguson (Chairman of Council of Floor Policy Advisors) | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest | |
| 28/04/10 | WCL | Ashley Semmens | Directors Off-site meeting |
| 28/04/10 | IMPROVE | Improve Board Meeting. TJS is a board member | |
| 29/04/10 | Health and Safety Executive (HSE) | Geoffrey Podger (Chief Executive) | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 30/04/10 | Shaun Browne | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
Ian Reynolds - Deputy Chair
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/04/10 | BBC Trustee | Richard Ayre | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 16/04/10 | Hampshire Game | Stephen Crouch | Meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest |
| 27/04/10 | Institute of Food Research, Norwich | Fact finding visit |
Andrew Wadge - Chief Scientist and Interim Director of Food Policy
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/10 | National Institute for Clinical Excellence | Andrew Dillon and Mike Kelly | Update meeting with Tim Smith |
| 14/04/10 | Kings College London | Ragnar Lofstedt | Risk Assessment and Management |
| 22/04/10 | Health Protection Agency | Professor Kessel (Telecon) | HPA Summit Working together with HPA |
Terrence Collis - Director of Communications
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/10 | Australia/New Zealand food safety agency | Lydia Buchtmann | Communications Issues, accompainied by Justin Everard, FSA Food Safety & Enforcement Press Team |
| 21/04/10 | Foodborne Disease Strategy Steering Board Meeting | FSA agency wide attendance | Stakeholder meeting |
| 30/04/10 | Central Office of Information (COI) | Richard Spence | COI & FSA relationship past and present. Accompanied James Brandon, FSA Strategic Communications Team & FSA Nutrition Team |
Steve Wearne - Director of Food Standards Agency Wales
| Date | Who | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 08/04/10 | Mark Partridge, Legal Services, Welsh Assembly Government | To discuss enactment in Wales of bottled water regulations |
| 09/04/10 | Dr Christianne Glossop, Chief Veterinary Officer, Welsh Assembly Government | Regular meeting on matters of common interest |
| 13/04/10 | Liz Woodeson, Director Health and Wellbeing, Departments of Health | To discuss collaborative working |
| 21/04/10 | University of Wales Institute Cardiff | Guest speaker of graduate student seminar |
| 21/04/10 | Jennie Bibbings and Maria Battle, Consumer Focus Wales | Implementation of the recommendations of the Public Inquiry into the E.coli outbreak in 2005 in South Wales |
| 22/04/10 | Health Protection Committee | Representing FSA on this committee convened by Chief Medical Officer (Wales) |
| 23/04/10 | Phil Mulraney and Mark Partridge, Legal Services, Welsh Assembly Government | To discuss enactment in Wales of bottled water regulations |
| 28/04/10 | Chartered Institute for Environmental Health Conference | Attendance |
Charles Milne - Director of Food Standards Agency Scotland
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/10 | Argyll & Bute Council | Alan Morrison, Environmental Services Manager; Andrew MacLeod, specialist EHO; Christine McLaughlin, Shellfish Co-ordinator | These visits were aimed at gaining familiarisation of the sector in order to inform our work going forward. A note of these visits was circulated to the Chief Executive and EMB members on 14.5.10 |
| 07/04/10 | Loch Fyne Oysters Ltd | Kevin Farrell, Quality Manager; David Attwood, Production Director | " |
| 08/04/10 | Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) | Walter Spiers, Chairman | " |
| 08/04/10 | Scottish Aquaculture Marine Science (SAMS) and Veromara Ltd | Dr. Ken Jones, Director; Dr. Mark Hart, Quality Manager, Sarah Swan, Phytoplankton Monitoring Programme Co-ordinator | " |
| 09/04/10 | Peterhead Fishmarket and Port Authority | John Wallace, Chief Executive; Sally Skakele, Peterhead Port Authority | " |
| 22/04/10 | Scottish Food and Drink Federation / Institute of Food Science and Technology / Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland Symposium | Met with various delegates | Presentation of GM foods; nanotechnology; the Agency’s Strategic Plan and plans for the future |
| 24/04/10 | Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) | Met with various delegates | Attended as delegate only – no speaking engagement |
Gerry McCurdy - Director of Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland
| Date | Organisation | Individuals | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/10 | Democratic Unionist Party | Diane Dodds, Member of European Parliament for Northern Ireland | Introductory meeting to discuss issues of mutual interest |
| 20/04/10 | Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association | Tony O’Neill, Chair of Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association | Introductory meeting with new Chair |
| 22/04/10 | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development | Robert Houston, Chief Veterinary Officer and Robert Huey, Senior Principal Veterinary Officer | Meeting to discuss Meat Hygiene Service Review and operational responsibilities |
| 22/04/10 | Stratagem | Quintin Oliver, Director/ Katherine McDonald, Director of Consultancy / Mark Shepherd, Public Affairs Consultant | Stakeholder mapping session |
| 22/04/10 | NI Grain Trade Association | Declan Billington, President of Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association | Annual dinner |
| 26/04/10 | Food Safety Promotion Board | Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland Senior Management Team members and Food Safety Promotion Board Senior Management Team members | Bi-annual meeting with Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland Senior Management Team and Food Safety Promotion Board Senior Management Team to discuss current issues |
| 27/04/10 | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development | Robert Houston, Chief Veterinary Officer and Roy McClenaghan, Deliver Group Deputy Secretary of Service | Regular DARD Governance meeting |