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Joint Expert Group for Food Contact Materials (FCMJEG) member's interests
Updated 29 June 2026
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1. Dr Emma Bradley
1.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Fera Science Ltd, YBC, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ, Since 1999. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
1.2 Historic Interest
Personal
| Direct employment. | None. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
2. Dr Sara Beverley
2.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Waters Corporation, since 2023. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | Shares in Waters Corporation, since 2023. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | Member of Royal Society of Chemistry, since 2009. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
2.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | Employed at Fera Sciences Ltd 2021 – 2023. Employed at Waters Corporation 2011 – 2021. Employed at Central Science Laboratory (Defra) 1999 - 2011. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | Honorary senior lecturer [University of Manchester] 2019 - 2023. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
3. Dr Gill Clare
3.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Holds a zero‑hours contract with Labcorp, Since 2025. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | AstraZeneca, Diageo, Marks and Spencers. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | Member of British Toxicology Society (BTS), United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS). |
| Other personal interests. | Shell Research Limited (pension). AstraZeneca UK (pension). Aviva (pension). |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | Member of REACH Independent Scientific Pool, Health and Safety Executive (RISEP) since 2021, FSA. Food Contact Materials Joint Expert Group (FCMJEG), FSA Since 2023 Smoke Flavourings Working Group of Joint Expert Group on Additives, Enzymes and other Regulated Products (AEJEG) Since 2023. Office of Products and Safety Standards (OPSS) Register of Specialists – Since December 2020 and OPSS Scientific Advisory Group – March 2021 onwards Part of BEIS, which transferred to the DTI. |
| Other non-personal interests. | DHSC; occasionally act as Independent Panel member for SACs (not in area of involvement, past or present). |
3.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | Covance Ltd (more than 15y ago). |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | Covance Ltd cytogenetic consultant (analyst) 2004. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | Expert member of Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COC) from June 2013 (formerly Public Health England, now Health Security Agency) onwards, until June 2023. Patient and Public Involvement Representative of selection committees for National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Academy from March 2021- July 2025. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
4. Dr Malcolm Driffield
4.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Exponent International Ltd. Since Nov 2018. Exponent undertakes regulatory, scientific and engineering consultancy for our clients. This includes work regarding authorisations of regulated products such as plant protection products, novel foods, food contact materials, food additives in jurisdictions including US, EU, UK, China. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
4.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | Fera Science Ltd (was Food and Environment Research Agency and Central Science Laboratory) (Sept 2002 – Oct 2018). |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
5. Dr Natalia Falagán
5.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | None. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
5.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | None. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | None. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | None. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
6. Dr Jenny Odum
6.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Pension (Syngenta UK, since 2009). |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | Independent consultancy work (since 2009). |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | British Toxicology Society (since 1990). |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | None. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
6.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | Syngenta UK (for 25 years until end 2008). |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | Independent consultancy work. |
| Shareholdings. | Astrazeneca UK, Syngenta UK, other shares managed by Independent Financial Advisor (all sold by 2014). |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | British Toxicology Society. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | Ad hoc UK representative on OECD committees for validation of OECD guidelines for the testing of chemicals (2008-2020). |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
7. Dr Michael Walker
7.1 Current Interests
Personal
| Direct employment. | Michael Walker Consulting Ltd, since 2006. Consultancy and expert witness services in scientific areas unrelated to my public appointments. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | Occasional minor consultancy for FSA Register of Specialists and see above and other public appointments below. |
| Shareholdings. | None other than a private pension portfolio managed by a financial advisory company. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC since 1993. Fellow Institute of Food Science & Technology, IFST, since 2006, appointed Honorary Fellow in 2017, Member, IFST Scientific Committee 2008–2025 & External Affairs Committee 2019-2025. Appointed Independent Assessor to the IFST Board of Trustees 2025. Director, (unpaid) Community for Analytical Measurement Science Ltd since 2019. Honorary professor, Institute for Global Food Security, IGFS, the Queen’s University, Belfast, QUB. Personal appointment (unpaid) to the European Network of Food Allergen Laboratories expert group of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission since 2018. |
| Other personal interests. | ³§±ð±ðÌý for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public appointments, and publications. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | T&S (£300) to attend conference, ILSI-Europe, 2019, T&S (@~£500 - £650 per annum) to attend annual meetings, European Commission European Network of Food Allergen Detection Laboratories, 2018 – date. T&S (~£250) to attend Mondelez meeting on food allergens, 2024. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | Office of Product Safety and Standards Scientific Advisory Group Consumer Safety (SAG-CS), since 2021. Member, FSA/DH Committee on Toxicity (COT) Joint Expert Group, Food Contact Materials since 2019. Co-Chair ILSI-Europe Expert Group on methods needed to deploy allergen quantitative risk assessment since 2019. Chair ILSI Europe Expert Group on Precautionary Allergen labelling, since 2025. Member ILSI Europe Expert Group on Harmonisation of Allergen Analytics since 2025. Chair BSI AW/34/46 Food Authenticity, since 2022. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |
7.2 Historic Interest
Personal:
| Direct employment. | Resident Public Analyst to the (then) 26 NI Local Authorities and Partner in firm of Consulting Chemists, 1986 – 2004. Forensic Science Northern Ireland, (FSNI) Chief Executive 2004 – 2006. |
| Consultancies and other fee-paid work. | See above and Head: Office of the Government Chemist, LGC, 2018 – 2021. Referee Analyst, Laboratory of the Government Chemist 2006 to 2021. |
| Shareholdings. | None. |
| Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups. | Former member Association of Public Analysts 1985 to 2025 and see for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public. |
| Other personal interests. | None. |
Non personal interests
| Fellowships. | None. |
| Indirect support. | None. |
| Trusteeships. | None. |
| Land and property. | None. |
| Other public appointments. | Food Standards Agency, (FSA) Board member for Northern Ireland and Chair of the FSA’s Northern Ireland Advisory Committee, 2000 – 2004.³§±ð±ðÌý for full list of current and historical employment, organisations and public appointments. |
| Other non-personal interests. | None. |