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The Food Standards Agency is one of the sponsors of the 2018 Government Chemist Conference on food chain resilience in a changing world.

The Food Standards Agency Chair, Heather Hancock, is inviting applications to fill the post of Chair of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The ACMSF is the independent expert committee which advises the FSA on microbiological food safety.

FSA Chairman, Heather Hancock has announced the reappointment of Professor David McDowell, Professor Peter McClure and Dr Dan Tucker to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The ACMSF provides the Agency with independent advice on the microbiological safety of food.

The Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS) of the Food Standards Agency is holding its first meeting at Clive House, London on Tuesday 15 May 2018.

First meeting of group providing outside perspective to the joint review by the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland

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Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of an independent Chair and eight independent members to the Agency’s new Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS).

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This week's open Board meeting is now available as a video-on-demand and as a podcast. The meeting was chaired by the Food Standards Agency Chair Heather Hancock on 14 March.

At its quarterly meeting on Wednesday 14 March, the Food Standards Agency Board discussed the progress on the FSA’s science work, a report from the Chair of the FSA Science Council, an update on the raw drinking milk (RDM) programme and the FSA’s international strategy.