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Meat Hygiene Service Board

The functions of the MHS Board, a sub-committee of the FSA Board, are to give strategic direction to the MHS within the overall strategy agreed by the FSA Board; and to set appropriate targets for the MHS and monitor its performance and hold it to account on behalf of the FSA Board.

The MHS Board also has an important role in guiding and driving through the changes needed to transform the MHS into a more efficient organisation. In recognition of the importance of this role, the MHS Board is a formal sub-committee of the FSA Board (previously it was an advisory sub-committee), and includes Steve McGrath, MHS Chief Executive, and the Chief Veterinary Officer. The MHS Board is chaired by Ian Reynolds, Deputy Chair of the FSA Board.

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Membership

Biographical information for all members is provided below under 'Find out more'.

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Terms of Reference

In October 2007, the FSA Board agreed to transform the MHS Board and its Terms of Reference to recognise the new responsibility of the MHS Board to guide and drive through the approved Transformed MHS plan, to develop and implement further streamlining in 2008/09 onwards and also to constitute the new MHS Board as a formal sub-committee of the FSA Board.

In May 2008, the FSA Board agreed to amend the MHS Board Terms of Reference to raise the number of FSA Board members on the MHS Board from four to five and not to replace the two external non-executive directors when their appointments ended in July 2008.

The paper considered by the FSA Board, which includes the current MHS Board's Terms of Reference, is provided at the link below.

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Related links

FSA 08/05/09 Proposal for the new MHS Board Read the FSA Board paper

Download pdf  (pdf 26KB) MHS Board Expenses 2008/09

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Meat Hygiene Service Board Member Biographies

Biographies of MHS Board Members

Meat Hygiene Service Board meetings

Agendas, papers and minutes

Record of the MHS Board Stakeholder Meeting held on 18 July 2006 in Cardiff

This record is a note of the main points from the meeting. It is not a verbatim record but is intended to convey accurately the discussions at the meeting.

Record of the MHS Board Stakeholder Meeting: 22 September 2005

This record is a note of the main points from the meeting. It is not a verbatim record (except for headlines in the influencing strategy session) but is intended to convey accurately discussions at the meeting.

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