Review for Agencys use of science - (Food Standards Agency)
April 9, 2008 – 8:09 pmhttp://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2008/apr/sciencerev
How the Food Standards Agency commissions, quality-assures and uses science and scientific advice is being reviewed by the Government Office for Science (GOS).
A rolling programme of reviews has been introduced by Government Chief Scientific Advisor Professor John Beddington to cover all Government departments over the next three or four years.
FSA Chief Scientist Andrew Wadge said: The Food Standards Agency welcomes this review. We pride ourselves on being an evidence-based agency, and have put science at the centre of our policy-making.
In addition to the scientific advisory committees that advise us on all aspects of our work, we have recently established a Social Science Research Committee to strengthen the governance of science in the Agency, and an overarching General Advisory Committee on Science to offer independent challenge and advice on how the Agency collects and uses scientific evidence.
We look forward to hearing the findings of the review team, as we are always […]
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