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Listen to this siteThe Food Standards Agency's Chief Scientist is Dr Andrew Wadge.
His role is to:
Andrew has overall responsibility for all of the analytical disciplines from which the Agency draws advice: natural and physical sciences, social science, economics, operational research and statistics.
Andrew Wadge
Andrew Wadge was formerly Head of the Agency's Chemical Safety and Toxicology Division, working on issues including toxicology of food chemicals, allergy and food intolerance, food additives, contact materials, pesticides and veterinary medicine residues.
Originally working in academic research laboratories and Westminster Medical School, he has been a Government scientist since 1986, holding posts in the Department of Health, including work on the health effects of environmental pollution, and then leading the Food Chemical Safety Unit with responsibility for the secretariat to the independent expert Committee on Toxicity.
Each year the Agency's chief scientist reports on our science and research programmes. The latest report covers the period April 2008 to March 2009.
Andrew Wadge regularly updates his blog, which you can add comments to.
The Chief Scientist and his team represent the Agency at a range of meetings and events. Information about meetings planned for this and next month are presented on this page.
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