FSA Science Advisory Committee Recruitment

Expertise needed by the Committees

Last updated: 18 September 2024

In this round of recruitment, we are seeking a specific range of expertise for the Science Council, SAC, and JEG listed below. 

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

In the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment we are recruiting 1 chair and full/associate members in the following areas of expertise:   

  • General Toxicology, 
  • Clinical Toxicology,
  • Reproductive Toxicology,  
  • Pathology,  
  • Allergy,  
  • Modelling,  
  • Statistics,  
  • Metabolism and Toxicokinetic,  
  • Dietary Exposure Assessment.  

Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food: 

In the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food we are recruiting 1 chair and full/associate members in the areas of expertise outlined below. We are also recruiting 1 lay member for this committee.  

  • Foodborne Virology,  

  • Food Industry (fresh produce, composite foods, foods with complex, international supply chains and quality requirements, major retailers e.g., supermarket),  

  • Meat Parasitology,  

  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Food.   

In the committees below we are recruiting full/associate members in the following areas of expertise:  

Science Council:  

Advisory Committee for Social Science:  

Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes: 

  • GM/molecular biology (animal),  

  • Veterinary,  

  • Toxicology,  

  • Bioinformatics.  

Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs:  

  • Toxicology, 

  • Safety in the Workplace (workplace exposure assessment, irritancy & sensitisation studies, feed mill & farm context),  

  • Microbiology or molecular biology, specifically with expertise in genomics. 

Joint Expert Group on Additives, Enzymes and other Regulated Products: 

  • Toxicology, 

  • Analytical chemistry. 

Joint Expert Group for Food Contact Materials: 

  • Toxicology. 

  • Analytical chemistry.  

  • Food packaging.