Register of FSANZ Board Members’ DECLARED STANDING Interests (as ATMarch 2016)
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
12 June 2015 / Director, Telecommunications Ombudsman Scheme
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 Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC)
17 July 2013 / Has an application before APVMA for approval for permit use on commercial piggeries of a bacteriophage produce to controlEnterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
12 June 2015 / Member of the Australian Strategic Advisory Group on antimicrobial resistance (ASTAG)
3 / Ms Lyn Bentley / 15 July 2013) / Owner, Sticky Fingers Gourmet Foods
4 / Professor Martin Cole / 2 September 2013 / Chief of Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation (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 ofRibonucleic acidinterference RNAi in plants and hence could ultimately benefit through sub licensing of the technologies.
17 June 2015 / CSIRO is currently working on technology for gluten free barley which it is in the process of commercialising for use in low gluten beer.
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
12 June 2015 / Member, National Health and Medical Research Council(NHMRC) Advisory Panel on Fluoridation
6 / Professor Lynne Daniels / 18 July 2013 / Research funding current – H J Heinz (ceased 2012)
18 July 2013 / Research funding current – Meat Livestock Australia (ceased 2012)
18 July 2013 / Research Funding past – 1999-2001, Nestle
14 August 2013 / NHRMC funding - four project grants since 2001
26 February 2016 / Speaker, Nestle Nutrition Institute International Workshop, May 2016
7
/Ms Jenni Mack
/8 August 2013
/ Chair - CoAct Board (formerly Job Futures)8 August 2013 / Trustee - The Travel Compensation Fund
10 June 2014 / Member, Health Star Rating Advisory Committee
5 June 2015 / Director, Sunsuper Board
5 June 2015 / Board Member, Red Cross Blood Service
12 June 2015 / Chair of the Digital Receipt Exchange (dRx) Consumer Standards Governance Council
12 June 2015 / Director, Superannuation Consumers Centre
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
30 November 2015 / Non-Executive Director, Plant Health Australia (PHA) Limited
9 / Mr Andrew McKenzie QSO / 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 – Meat Industry Association of New Zealand (Inc)
10 / Mr Anthony (Tony) Nowell CNZM / 12 July 2010 / Director – New Zealand Food Innovation (Auckland) Limited (previously New Zealand Food Innovation (Manukau) Limited)
5 February 2013 / Advisor – New Zealand Government Foods for Health initiative.
5 February 2013 / New Zealand Government Private Sector Representative – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Partnership for Food Security (PPFS)
27 January 2016 / Independent Chair, Omega Lamb Primary Growth Partnership
10 February 2016 / Chair, Asia Pacific Food Industry Forum (AP-FIF)
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 New ZealandResource Management Act 1991
5 August 2013 / Chair – Yobees Honey Company
23 May 2014 / Chair – Mangaone Manuka Ltd
22 August 2015 / Chair, New Zealand Apiculture Interim Governance Board
9 February 2016 / Chair – Manuka Farming NZ Ltd
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