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Speeches by FSA Chair, Deirdre Hutton

Chair, Food Standards Agency

DAME DEIRDRE HUTTON CBE became Chair of the Food Standards Agency in July 2005. She has served on a number of public bodies and has considerable experience of corporate governance, risk-based regulation and consumer policy. She is Vice-Chair of the European Food Safety Authority Management Board and Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Authority.

The Chair's speeches

We provide transcripts of the Chair's public speeeches as soon as we can after they have been delivered. These are available at the links below. These will be a very close account of what Deirdre said, but may not always capture any additional comments and remarks made during delivery.

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Look out for listeria: reducing food poisoning in the over 60s

Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, at Food Standards Agency Parliamentary reception, Members’ Dining Room, Palace of Westminster

The risk and benefit assessment landscape

Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency, at ILSI Symposium, Brussels

Salt – the challenges and opportunities

Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) Salt Awareness Week at House of Commons Reception.

British poultry council awards - 'The golden eggs'

Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency, 9 December 2008

Chartered Institute for Environmental Health policy conference on climate change – key challenges for the FSA

Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency, 20 November 2008

Healthy Food Code launch

Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton CBE, Chair, Food Standards Agency Department of Health, London 28 October 2008

21st International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene Symposium

Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the Food Standards Agency, CBE Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre 9 September

Nanny knows best? Should the Government do more to enforce healthier lifestyle choices?

Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, Chair of the Food Standards Agency on September 2008 at Party conference fringe meetings.

Light Touch Heavy Expectation

Light Touch, Heavy Expectation Speech by Dame Deirdre Hutton, to the New Regulatory Reform Agenda Conference on Thursday 18 September at The Guoman Tower Hotel, London, E1W 1LD

Yorkshire Regional Food And Drink Group: 23 July 2008

Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency.

Food Standards Agency Summer Parliamentary Reception: 10 June 2008

Speech by Deirdre Hutton, Chair, Food Standards Agency.

Obesity: the challenges we face

Speech to the faculty of public health annual conference, 5 June, Cardiff

Working in Partnership

British Meat Processors Association Conference, London

Scientists and Government – The Champions of Health

Cranfield University

Meat and risk: the FSA view

Association of Independent Meat Suppliers Annual Conference, Leeds

Unlocking change in the food chain

Rural Economy and Land Use Programme conference, Unlocking change in the food chain, Congress House, London

An appetite for risk, or a taste for regulation?

The End of Zero Risk Regulation: Risk Toleration in Regulatory Practice, 2nd Annual Cambridge Conference on Regulation, Inspection and Improvement, Peterhouse, Cambridge

The Science of Food Regulation

Campden Lecture 2007, Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

Bread tomorrow

Guest of honour speech, Federation of Bakers Annual Conference 2007.

Why evidence is essential

All Ireland nutrition evidence base conference, 'Dietary health: the evidence for change', Royal College of Physicians, Dublin.

The year ahead - the FSA perspective

Inaugural LACORS/CIEH Environmental Health Year Ahead seminar, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Food and drink: global risks, responsibilities and regulation

Guest of honour speech, 15th Biennial International Food and Drink Exhibition (IFE07), ExCeL London.

Salt Campaign Phase III

Salt Campaign Phase III launch reception, Aviation House, London.

Does food science make your mouth water?

Inaugural IFR in the City Brian Read Lecture, Institute of Food Research, Norwich.

Food scares, food safety, what next?

Cirencester Conference 2006, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

Making healthy choices easier: the challenges ahead

National Nutrition and Health Conference, Olympia, London

Evidence, eating well and the FSA

Guild of Food Writers Annual Lecture, Inter-Continental Hotel, London.

The UK Experience

WHO Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity, Satellite Session: Public-Private Forum, Istanbul.

Healthy eating: a recipe for progress

Article by Deirdre Hutton in the food supplement to the October 9 edition of The House Magazine (the weekly business publication for the Houses of Parliament).

Guest of honour speech, UKAS

UKAS Annual General Meeting Lunch, Marriott Hotel, Westminster Bridge, London.

What does modern government demand from a trading standards service?

Trading Standards Institute Annual Conference, ExCel London, Royal Victoria Dock, London.

British Soft Drinks Association annual lunch: 13 June 2006

Guest of honour speech, Congress Centre, Great Russell Street, London

AGM of the National Federation of Women's Institutes

Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff

Increasing the pace of change: FSA initiatives to support balanced diets

Leatherhead Food International Open Day, Leatherhead.

Diet and public health: we are not all doomed

BBC/Regeneration Institute Lecture, Glamorgan Building Committee Rooms, Cardiff University

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Appointment of new Food Standards Agency Chair (External) European Food Safety Authority View the website

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