The Microbiology Society would like to express its thanks to the following individuals who sat on the Expert Panel and carried out the detailed work of the study. The Society would also like to thank other individuals from organisations across the UK who contributed views and advice, to the Position Statement on Food Security and Safety, and to the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM), the British Mycological Society (BMS) and the British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) for their support and contributions to this Position Statement.

Food Security and Safety Expert Panel
 

Professor David White CBE (Chair)

Former director of the Institute of Food Research

Professor Nigel Brown (Microbiology Society Council)

University of Edinburgh

Professor Martin Adams

University of Surrey

Professor Brian Austin

Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling

Dr Roy Betts

Campden BRI

Professor Ian Connerton

University of Nottingham

Dr Nigel Cook

Food and Environment Research Agency

Professor Bruce Fitt

University of Hertfordshire

Dr Nicola Holden

The James Hutton Institute

Professor Tom Humphrey

University of Liverpool

Professor Naresh Magan

Cranfield University

Professor Jamie Newbold

Aberystwyth University

Dr Adrian C. Newton

The James Hutton Institute

Professor Michael Peck

Institute of Food Research

Dr Phil Poole

John Innes Centre

Professor Robert Possee

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Professor Olivier Sparagano

Northumbria University

Dr Adam Staines

Agri-Food, BBSRC

Professor Mark Stevens

The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh

Dr Geraldine Taylor

Institute for Animal Health

Dr Richard Thwaites

Food and Environment Research Agency

Professor Marion Wooldridge

Animal Health and Veterinary, Laboratories Agency