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| Tuesday 23rd April 2002 |
| APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE ON MUTAGENICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's Chief Medical
Officer, has announced today that Dr Gillian Clare and Dr Elizabeth Parry will
be the two new Members of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food,
Consumer Products and the Environment. Dr Clare and Dr Parry have been appointed
for a term of three years with effect from 1 April 2002.
The appointments have been agreed by the Chairman
of the Board of the Food Standards Agency. The appointments have been made in
accordance with the guidance issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Public
Appointments (OCPA).
Dr Elizabeth Parry
is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Wales, Swansea. For many years
Dr Parry has been involved in academic research relating to the effects of chemicals
on chromosomes in mammalian cells, both structural changes (clastogenicity)
and numerical changes (aneuploidy). She has played a leading role in the development
of methods to measure aneuploidy through European Union funded research.
Dr Gillian Clare is
head of genetic toxicity at the Huntingdon Life Sciences. She has very extensive
experience in genetic toxicology over many years both in industrial research
laboratories and contract laboratories. This has covered a wide range of different
methods to investigate the mutagenic potential of chemicals, but in particular
their effects on mammalian chromosomes. She has played a leading role in the
UK professional societies (UK Environmental Mutagen Society) genetox discussion
group.
Notes to Editors
1. The Committee on Mutagenicity (COM) is a non-statutory
independent expert advisory Committee which advise the Chief Medical Officer
and the Chairman of the Board of Food Standards Agency, and through them, the
government on a wide range of matters concerning chemicals in food, consumer
products and the environment. Details of the Committee can be found on the Internet
at: http://www.doh.gov.uk/com/com.htm
2. The Committee was first established in 1978 and
the Chief
Medical Officer appoints its members in consultation
with the Chairman of the Board of the Food Standards Agency. Before 1978, advice
was provided by sub-committees of the Committees on the Medical Aspects of Food
Safety.
3. Committee members are unpaid, but receive £92
Attendance Fee plus £23.50 Reading Fee per meeting.
4. Dr Clare and Dr Parry have not declared any Political
Activity.
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