Food safety watchdog hires top government health advisor as science guru

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He will take over from Professor Robin May, who left the FSA in September 2025 following his appointment as interim chief scientific officer at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has hired the chair of the government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and Northern Ireland chief scientific advisor Professor Ian Young as its new scientific boss.

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