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Appointment of new chair for the food standards agency
Mar 31, 2005, 21:58, Reviewed by: Dr.
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"The Agency is now entering a new phase. Diet, health and public protection are central to our aspirations. That will continue to develop according to the scientific and evidence base. My priority will be to take forward government, consumers and the food industry in partnership so that we can succeed together. I look forward to listening to all of our stakeholders on how best we can do that in the public interest."
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By DH, UK,
Dame Deirdre Hutton - currently Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority, a member of the Better Regulation Task Force, Chair of the National Consumer Council and Deputy Chair of the European Food Safety Authority - has been appointed Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), it was announced today.
Making the announcement John Reid, Secretary of State for Health, said:
"This is an extremely challenging role. The post requires considerable energy, leadership and communication skills, combined with a strong intellect, scientific literacy and an understanding of the complex and challenging external environment within which the Agency operates.
"I am delighted that Deirdre Hutton is taking on this role. She brings with her considerable experience of corporate governance and risk-based regulation and a very well developed understanding of consumer related issues. She has demonstrated her wide ranging skills in her work with the European Food Safety Authority and as Chair of the Foresight Panel where she worked on the Food Chain and Crops for Industry.
"I believe these skills, her clear sense of direction and strength of leadership will be invaluable to the Agency as it moves into this new phase."
Dame Deirdre Hutton said:
�I am delighted to be taking on this challenge. Sir John Krebs has successfully established the Agency as an independent voice, firmly
based on sound science, which puts the interests of consumers first.
"The Agency is now entering a new phase. Diet, health and public protection are central to our aspirations. That will continue to develop
according to the scientific and evidence base. My priority will be to take forward government, consumers and the food industry in partnership so that we can succeed together. I look forward to listening to all of our stakeholders on how best we can do that in the public interest."
Sir John Krebs leaves the Agency on 10 April and Dame Deirdre Hutton will take up her new position in late July. In the interim period Deputy Chair Julia Unwin will be Acting Chair and Richard Ayre will be acting Deputy Chair.
The appointment has been recommended following the completion of a recruitment exercise by an independent selection panel chaired by Sheila Forbes CBE along with representatives of the Health Ministers from each of the appropriate authorities and the FSA Board. 
- Department of health, UK
www.dh.gov.uk
1. Dame Deirdre Hutton is currently Chair of the National Consumer Council, Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority, Deputy Chair of the European Food Safety Authority, Chair of the Food Chain Centre Steering Group and a Member of the Better Regulation Task Force.
She has a range of experience in the area including appointments on the Foresight Panel on the Food Chain and Crops for Industry, the Curry Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, and the Borders Health Board. Dame Deirdre's initial appointment is for four years at a salary of �90k for three days a week.
She will resign from the National Consumer Council, the Better Regulation Task Force and the Food Chain Steering Group. She has not carried out any political activity in the past five years.
2. The Food Standards Agency was set up in April 2000 and operates at arm's length from Ministers under the day to day responsibility of a Chair, Deputy Chair and its committee members.
3. The appointment was made following Nolan procedures and the rules of the Commission for Public Appointments. The post was advertised over a one week period from 6 October 2004 in the national press. Applications closed on 29 October and the interviews were held at the end of January 2005. The Chair has been appointed jointly by the Secretary of State for Health, Scottish Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive. The appointment of the Chair required the approval of the Prime Minister.
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