JOINT FOOD SAFETY AND STANDARDS GROUP
EXPERT GROUP ON VITAMINS AND MINERALS
What is the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals?
The Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals is a group of independent experts that has been established to consider the safety of vitamins and minerals in supplements sold under food law. The Members of the Group have been drawn from four Government advisory Committees on food and medicine. These are the Food Advisory Committee (FAC), the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT), the Committee on the Safety of Medicines (CSM) and the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA). Nutrition and toxicology experts were also selected from nominations by interested parties. Observers representing the four main interest groups, consumers, the food and health food industries and alternative medicine are also present on the Group.
The Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals are expected to complete their work by the end of the year 2000.
The Secretariat for the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals is part of the Joint Food Safety and Standards Group of the Department of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.
The Secretariat can be contacted at:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Room 306B, Ergon House
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
Department of Health
Room 652C, Skipton House
80 London Road
Elephant and Castle
London SE1 6LH
Terms of Reference
The Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals terms of reference are to:
- establish principles on which controls for ensuring the safety of vitamin and mineral supplements sold under food law can be based;
- review the levels of individual vitamins and minerals associated with adverse effects;
- recommend maximum levels of intakes of vitamins and minerals from supplements if appropriate;
- report to the Food Advisory Committee.
The Group will also be able to advise on the levels of vitamins and minerals in fortified foods, if it considers this is appropriate.
Membership
Chairman
Professor M J S Langman BSc MD FRCP FFPM
Professor of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham
Members
Professor P Aggett MB ChB FRCP MSc DCH
Head of the Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health, University of Central
Lancashire
Professor D S Davies BSc PhD CChem FRSC FRCPath HonMRCP
Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital
Professor A A Jackson MA MD FRCP FRCPCH FRCPath
Professor of Human Nutrition at the Institute of Human Nutrition, University
of Southampton
Dr B J Kirby OBE MB ChB FRCP FRCPed
Acting Director and Consultant Physician, Post Graduate Medical School
at the University of Exeter
Professor A E M McLean BM BCh PhD FRCPath
Professor of Toxicology, University College London Medical School
Professor A G Renwick BSc PhD DSc
Professor of Biochemical Pharmacology, University of Southampton
Dr L Rushton BA MSc PhD CStat
Head of Epidemiology, MRC Institute for Environment and Health, University of Leicester
Ms Barbara Saunders BA(Hons) FCP
Freelance Consumer Consultant
Ms C E Shaw BSc(Hons) SRD
Chief Dietitian, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, London
Dr A Thomas PhD FRCP MB ChB
Consultant Physician and Director of Medical Education, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr A F Williams BSc D.Phil MBBS FRCP FRCPCH
Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Neonatal Paediatrics, St George's Hospital, London
Observers
Ms Sue Davies BSc(Hons)
Principal Policy Researcher for the Consumers' Association
Dr Marilyn Glenville BEd MA PhD
Chair of Foresight - the Association for Pre-Conception Care and Chair of the
governing council for the British Association of Nutritional Therapists.
Professor David Richardson BSc(Hons) MSc PhD FIFST FRSM
Head of Nutrition Sciences and Communication, Nestlé UK Limited
Dr Derek Shrimpton MA PhD F.I.Biol. C.Biol FIFST
Consultant in Nutrition and Food Science
Declaration of Interests of Members and Observers
Help with Portable Document Format (PDFs)
Call for Information
The Expert Group would like to receive written submissions of evidence relevant to its terms of reference, in particular, any new research evidence for consideration by the Group.
If you would like to make a submission to the Expert Group, please contact the Secretariat for further details at this address:
EVM Secretariat
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Room 306B, Ergon House
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
Dates of Future Meetings:
2nd February 2000
29th March 2000
24 May 2000
News Releases from the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals
29 February 2000 Sixth Meeting Of The Expert Group On Vitamins And Minerals, 2 February 2000
26 January 2000 Expert Group On Vitamins And Minerals To Meet On Wednesday 2 February
23 December 1999. Fifth Meeting of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals, 17th November 1999
8 November 1999.Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals to meet on 17th November 1999. (EVM/8/99)
26 October 1999. Fourth meeting of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals: 24th September 1999. (EVM/7/99)
9 September 1999. Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals to meet on 24th September 1999. (EVM/6/99)
5 August 1999. Third Meeting of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals, 7 July 1999 (EVM/5/99)
2 July 1999. Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals to meet on 7 July (EVM/4/99)
7 June 1999. Second Meeting of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals (EVM/3/99)
4th May 1999. Announcement of Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals meeting on 7th May 1999. (EVM/2/99)
1st March 1999. Summary of the first meeting of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals: 21st January 1999. (EVM/1/99)
Minutes
The minutes of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals are available free of charge from:
EVM Secretariat,
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Room 306B, Ergon House
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
EVM/MIN/7 29th March 2000
EVM/MIN/6 2nd February 2000
EVM/MIN/5 17th November 1999
EVM/MIN/4 24th September 1999
EVM/MIN/3 7th July 1999
EVM/MIN/2 7th May 1999
EVM/MIN/1 21st Jan 1999
Papers
The papers of the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals will be made available on this site and in hard copy when they have been agreed and amended by the Group. For technical reasons the papers may not contain all the figures, tables or annexes referred to in the text. However, these may be available in hard copy from the address below. In addition, for reasons of copyright or confidentiality, some of the figures, tables and annexes referred to in these papers may not be publicly available.
Papers are available from:
EVM Secretariat
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Room 306B, Ergon House
c/o Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 3JR
The papers are subject to a small charge to cover photocopying and postage. Charges totalling less than £1.50 will be waived. Requests must be accompanied by a cheque made payable to `Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food'.
List of Papers to date:
(All papers in Portable Document Format)
This page last updated 8 March 2000
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