Register of FSANZ Board Members' Interests (July 2014)
Register of FSANZ Board Members’ DECLARED STANDING Interests (as ATJuly 2014)
Under subsection 125(6) of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991, entries recorded in the Register of FSANZ Board members’ material personal interests must be published on the Internet.
Board Member
/Date of Declaration
/Interest declared
1 / Mrs Philippa Smith AM, Chair2 / Emeritus Professor Mary Barton AO
3 / Ms Lyn Bentley
4 / Professor Martin Cole
5 / Assoc Prof Stephen Corbett
6
/Professor Lynne Daniels
7
/Ms Jenni Mack
8 / Mr Steve McCutcheon(FSANZ CEO)9 / Mr Andrew McKenzie QSO
10 / Mr Anthony (Tony) Nowell CNZM
11 / Dr David Roberts
12
/Mr Neil Walker JP
The Board has agreed that an interest (such as a directorship) shall not give rise to a perceived conflict of interest in relation to an agenda item if that interest had lapsed or expired seven or more years prior to the meeting or teleconference at which the agenda item is to be considered. This is subject to the nature of the interest and any relevant exceptional circumstances.
Board Member
/Date of Declaration
/Interest declared
1 / Mrs Philippa Smith AMChair / 24 February 2011 / Member –Administrative Decisions Tribunal
2008 / Director– First State Super
2 February 2013 / Director –Australian Press Council
2 / Emeritus Professor Mary Barton AO / 17 July 2013 / Provides adviceto the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
17 July 2013 / APVMA Science Fellow
17 July 2013 / Research funding from the Pork CRC
17 July 2013 / Has an application before APVMA for approval for permit use on commercial piggeries of a bacteriophage produce to control ETEC
3 / Ms Lyn Bentley / 15 July 2013) / Owner, Sticky Fingers Gourmet Foods
8 August 2013 / Member of the Food Industry Advisory Group of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA
4 / Professor Martin Cole / 2 September 2013 / Chief of CSIRO Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences
2 September 2013 / Directors, DTS Food Laboratories Pty Ltd
2 September 2013 / Director, Institute of Food Technology
2 September 2013 / Chair, The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods
12 February 2014 / CSIRO holds a base patent on the use of RNAi in plants and hence could ultimately benefit through sub licensing of the technologies.
5 / Assoc Prof Stephen Corbett / 27 July 2011 / Director – Centre for Population Health, Western Sydney Local Health District and Nepean and Blue Mountains Local Health District
27 July 2011 / Member – Policy Advisory Committee, Faculty of Australian Public Health Medicine
6 / Professor Lynne Daniels / 18 July 2013 / Research funding current – H J Heinz
18 July 2013 / Research funding current – Meat Livestock Australia
18 July 2013 / Research Funding past – 1999-2001, Nestle
14 August 2013 / NHRMC funding - four project grants since 2001
7
/Ms Jenni Mack
/8 August 2013
/ Chair - Job Futures8 August 2013 / Chair - ASIC’s Consumer Advisory Panel
8 August 2013 / Member - ASIC Commissioner’s External Advisory Committee
8 August 2013 / Trustee - The Travel Compensation Fund
8 August 2013 / Deputy Chair - Migration Agents Registration Authority Advisory Board
10 June 2014 / Member, Health Star Rating Advisory Committee
8 / Mr Steve McCutcheon
(FSANZ CEO) / 27 November 2007 / Member – Diabetes Australia Ltd (includes membership of Diabetes ACT)
9 February 2012 / Member – Lions Club of Murrumbateman Inc. – the Club has become registered on the NSW Food Authority’s Notification List for community organisations that prepare/sell food and drinks
9 / Mr Andrew McKenzie QSO / 21 June 2011 / Member – Yashili Group Food Quality and Safety Advisory Committee
21 June 2011 / Chair – Independent Verifications Services – verification work leading to official assurances
21 June 2011 / Government representative – Halal Standards Advisory Committee
15 August 2011 / Consultant – New Zealand Meat Industry Association
18 September 2013 / Special Advisor to the New Zealand Government’s Joint Ministerial Inquiry into the Whey Protein Concentrate Contamination Incident
10 / Mr Anthony (Tony) Nowell CNZM / 12 July 2010 / Shareholder – NZ Snack Food Holdings Limited
12 July 2010 / Director – New Zealand Food Innovation (Auckland) Limited (previously New Zealand Food Innovation (Manukau) Limited)
5 December 2012 / Chair - Review for the New Zealand Government on nutrigenomics
5 February 2013 / Advisor – NZ Government Foods for Health initiative.
5 February 2013 / NZ Government Private Sector Representative – APEC Policy Partnership for Food Security (PPFS)
6 March 2013 / Immediate family member undertaking a management contract with a Hong Kong company which exports infant formula to China
18 September 2013 / Member of the New Zealand Government’s Joint Ministerial Inquiry into the Whey Protein Concentrate Contamination Incident
11 / Dr David Roberts / 1 July 2009 / Member – Science and Nutrition Advisory Group for Nestlé
1 July 2009 / Made submissions in capacity as Scientific and Technical Director of Australian Food and Grocery Council (retired Oct 2007) in relation to:
P235 – Review of Food-type Dietary Supplements
P236 – Sports Foods
P242 – Food for Special Medical Purposes
P274 – Labelling Minimum Age for Infant Foods
P293 – Nutrition, Health & Related Claims
2 November 2009 / Scientific consultant to Advertising Standards Bureau
14 August 2013 / Board Member, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Australasia Board of Trustees
5 June 2014 / Minute Secretary - Paediatric Advisory Board of Danone Nutricia
12
/Mr Neil Walker JP
/ 27 July 2011 / Chair – Manuka Research Partnership (NZ) Ltd – research company developing Manuka as plantation crop for the manuka honey industry27 July 2011 / Chair – Nukuhau Carbon Ltd
27 July 2011 / Chair – Taumaha Trust (owns and operates dairy farm)
30 January 2012 / Chair – Policy and Planning Committee, Taranaki Regional Council
30 January 2012 / Chair – Solid Waste Management Authority of Taranaki
30 January 2012 / Accredited Hearings Commissioner under the NZ Resource Management Act
5 August 2013 / Chair – Yobees Honey Company
23 May 2014 / Chair – Mangaone Manuka Ltd
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