§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the present membership of his food advisory committee and the committee on the toxicity of chemicals in food, consumers products and the environment and whether there have been any changes in either committee during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Members of the food advisory committee (FAC) are as follows:
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Name Occupation Dr. Ewan S. Page (Chairman) BSc, MA, PhD, CBIM FBCS Vice Chancellor, Reading University. Dr. Margaret Ashwell BCc (Hons) PhD, MIHEc, FIFST, FRSH Science Director, British Nutrition Foundation. Mr. Michael J. Boxall ACII, CBIM Company Secretary, Tesco Plc. Professor Douglas Georgala CBE, PhD, FIFST Director of Food Research, AFRC and Director of the Institute of Food Research. Dr. Tom Gorsuch OBE, BSc, PhD, FIFST Former Director of Research and Quality Control, Colmans of Norwich (Retired). Professor R. Marian Hicks BSc, PhD, DSc, FRCPath Science Director, United Biscuits (UK) Ltd Group Research and Development Centre. Mr. Roger Manley, FITSA Director of Trading Standards, Cheshire County Council. Miss Patricia Mann FCam, FIPA, CBIM Head of External Affairs, J. Walter Thompson Group and Editor of "Consumer Affairs". Mrs. Jill Moore OBE National Consumer Council and Chairman of National Federation of Consumer Groups. Dr. Bryan Nichols MSc, PhD Legislation and Health Policy Manager, Van den Berghs and Jurgens Ltd. Mr. Ronald Nicholson M. Chem A, FIFST, FIWEM, CChem, FRSC Regional Chemist, Public Analyst and Agricultural Analyst for the Regional Council of Strathclyde; and Public Analyst and Agricultural Analyst for the Western Isles Island Council. Mrs. Barbara Saunders Freelance consultant on consumer policy. Member of the European Commission's Consumer Consultative Committee. Mr. Tony Skrimshire C. Chem, FRSC, FIFST Director, Purchasing and Quality Assurance, H. J. Heinz Company Ltd. Professor Paul Turner MD, BSc, FRCP, Mr. Pharms Hon. FiBiol Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Name Occupation Dr. Roger G. Whitehead BSc, PhD, MA, FiBiol, C. Biol, Hon. MRCP Director of the Medical Research Council's Dunn Nutrition Unit Cambridge, UK and the Gambia, West Africa. The following appointments have been made since 1 December 1988: Professor D. Georgala; Mrs. J. Moore OBE; Mr. R. Nicholson; and Mrs. B. Saunders were appointed on 1 November 1989. The following members have retired; Dr. H. O. W. Eggins BSc, PhD, FI Biol, director of Bioquest Ltd; Mr. A. J. Harrison MBE, M. Chem A, C Chem, FRSC, FIFST, FRSH, chief scientific adviser, public analyst and official agricultural analyst to Avon county council, and public analyst and official agricultural analyst to Gloucestershire county council; Mrs. M. Stamper BSc, Dip Ed, part-time lecturer in biology, Lewes technical college and chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes' environmental and public affairs committee; and Dr. E. R. Young MB, MRCP, senior registrar in dermatology, Wycombe general hospital.
These changes strengthen the consumer background of the FAC. Changes in membership of the FAC are always announced by press release.
The membership of the committee on toxicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Health.