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The Chairman of the Food Standards Agency, Heather Hancock, has been elected as the new Master of St John’s College, Cambridge. Heather will take up her post in October next year.

Lab grown meat, the perspectives of Generation Z, climate change and the impact of space technology on the food system were some of the topics discussed at our third annual Symposium of Social Science.

Symposium of Social Science speaker line-up announced.

A recording of the September 2019 Board meeting is now available.

The safety of bio-based food contact materials has been examined in a new report produced for the FSA.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board today confirmed a series of measures to protect those with food allergies and intolerances. This comes a week after the conclusion of the inquest into the tragic death of Owen Carey, who died after having an allergic reaction to milk at a London restaurant.

Today's Board meeting webcast is now finished.

FSA funded research has found that exercise and sleep deprivation can put people with a peanut allergy at greater risk of a reaction.

Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of Professor Bill Keevil as independent Chair to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF).

New law introduced to extend labelling requirements for people with food allergies and intolerances