New appointments to Veterinary Residues Committee
Lord Rooker, Minister for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health has announced seven new members to the Veterinary Residues Committee (VRC). The VRC’s role is to advise the Chief Executives of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the formulation of the residues surveillance programmes and on the significance of the results in terms of consumer safety. The seven new members who have been appointed to serve on the VRC from January 2009 until December 2012 are: Jon Averns (Local Authority) is currently employed as Port Health Services Director...