Food Standards Agency chief steps down
Food Standards Agency (FSA) chief executive Catherine Brown has resigned from her role and will leave the organisation by the end of March 2017.
No details as to why Brown was leaving the agency were given by the FSA, other than she had “decided to move on”. The FSA is now looking to recruit her successor through open competition.
The FSA said: “We are pleased that Catherine will be with us until the end of March 2017 in her current role and will be making herself available to support a smooth transition to her successor when appointed.”
Brown joined the FSA on October 16 2012 and has led the organisation through the 2013 horsemeat scandal and the growing threat of campylobacter in chickens.