Speeches by FSA Chair, Deirdre Hutton
Chair, Food Standards Agency
DAME DEIRDRE HUTTON CBE became Chair of the Food Standards Agency in July 2005. She has served on a number of public bodies and has considerable experience of corporate governance, risk-based regulation and consumer policy. She is Vice-Chair of the European Food Safety Authority Management Board and Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority.
The Chair's speeches
We provide transcripts of the Chair's public speeeches as soon as we can after they have been delivered. These are available at the links below. These will be a very close account of what Deirdre said, but may not always capture any additional comments and remarks made during delivery.
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Chartered Institute for Environmental Health policy conference on climate change – key challenges for the FSA
Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency, 20 November 2008
Healthy Food Code launch
Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE, Chair, Food Standards Agency Department of Health, London 28 October 2008
21st International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene Symposium
Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the Food Standards Agency, CBE Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre 9 September
Nanny knows best? Should the Government do more to enforce healthier lifestyle choices?
Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the Food Standards Agency on September 2008 at Party conference fringe meetings.
Light Touch Heavy Expectation
Light Touch, Heavy Expectation Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, to the New Regulatory Reform Agenda Conference on Thursday 18 September at The Guoman Tower Hotel, London, E1W 1LD
Yorkshire Regional Food And Drink Group: 23 July 2008
Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency.
Food Standards Agency Summer Parliamentary Reception: 10 June 2008
Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency.
Obesity: the challenges we face
Speech to the faculty of public health annual conference, 5 June, Cardiff
Working in Partnership
British Meat Processors Association Conference, London
Scientists and Government – The Champions of Health
Cranfield University
Meat and risk: the FSA view
Association of Independent Meat Suppliers Annual Conference, Leeds
Unlocking change in the food chain
Rural Economy and Land Use Programme conference, Unlocking change in the food chain, Congress House, London
An appetite for risk, or a taste for regulation?
The End of Zero Risk Regulation: Risk Toleration in Regulatory Practice, 2nd Annual Cambridge Conference on Regulation, Inspection and Improvement, Peterhouse, Cambridge
The Science of Food Regulation
Campden Lecture 2007, Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
Bread tomorrow
Guest of honour speech, Federation of Bakers Annual Conference 2007.
Why evidence is essential
All Ireland nutrition evidence base conference, 'Dietary health: the evidence for change', Royal College of Physicians, Dublin.
The year ahead - the FSA perspective
Inaugural LACORS/CIEH Environmental Health Year Ahead seminar, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Food and drink: global risks, responsibilities and regulation
Guest of honour speech, 15th Biennial International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE07), ExCeL London.
Salt Campaign Phase III
Salt Campaign Phase III launch reception, Aviation House, London.
Does food science make your mouth water?
Inaugural IFR in the City Brian Read Lecture, Institute of Food Research, Norwich.
Food scares, food safety, what next?
Cirencester Conference 2006, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
Making healthy choices easier: the challenges ahead
National Nutrition and Health Conference, Olympia, London
Evidence, eating well and the FSA
Guild of Food Writers Annual Lecture, Inter-Continental Hotel, London.
The UK Experience
WHO Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity, Satellite Session: Public-Private Forum, Istanbul.
Healthy eating: a recipe for progress
Article by Deirdre Hutton in the food supplement to the October 9 edition of The House Magazine (the weekly business publication for the Houses of Parliament).
Guest of honour speech, UKAS
UKAS Annual General Meeting Lunch, Marriott Hotel, Westminster Bridge, London.
What does modern government demand from a trading standards service?
Trading Standards Institute Annual Conference, ExCel London, Royal Victoria Dock, London.
British Soft Drinks Association annual lunch: 13 June 2006
Guest of honour speech, Congress Centre, Great Russell Street, London
AGM of the National Federation of Women's Institutes
Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
Increasing the pace of change: FSA initiatives to support balanced diets
Leatherhead Food International Open Day, Leatherhead.
Diet and public health: we are not all doomed
BBC/Regeneration Institute Lecture, Glamorgan Building Committee Rooms, Cardiff University