 The Health Products Standards Committee meets around two to three times per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Health Products Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our standards for health and beauty care products and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department.
Agendas of meetings:
We like to keep our standards setting process as transparent as possible. To view the last meetings' agendas, please visit the links below. Our minutes will be coming online soon but in the meantime, are available on request.
Agendas
HPSC 29/04/08 [PDF, 32 KB]
HPSC 15/01/08 [PDF, 26 KB]
HPSC 11/10/07 [PDF, 34 KB]
Minutes
HPSC 29/04/08 [PDF, 32 KB]
HPSC 15/01/08 [PDF, 26 KB]
Issues that have arisen in recent meetings:
*This is a new standards proposal.
Current committee members and their expertise:
- Mike Brook: Licensee - herb producer and packer
- Gaye Donaldson: Licensee - herb producer and packer
- <VACANCY> Jo Fairley: Chair and freelance writer on health and beauty issues
- Romy Fraser: Licensee - food supplements, tinctures
- Eleanor Gallia: Medical herbalist
- Louisa Gedge: Cosmetics manufacturer
- Pauline Hili: Licensee - food supplements, tinctures
- Jan Kushmirek: Consultant
- Cyril Lombard: Herbal products importer
- Helen Lynn: Consultant
- Mariane Morley: Multiple retailer
- Peter Roberts: Consultant
- Stephen Simmonds: Cosmetics manufacturer
- Ian Robert Taylor: Licensee - health and beauty care, contract manufacturing
- Abi Weeds: Licensee - health and beauty care manufacturer
This page will be updated as consultations/amendments to health products standards arise.
Date of next meeting of the committee: 23rd October - London
For more information, please contact Liz Austin at eaustin@soilassociation.org
VACANCIES
Health Products Standards Committee Chair
We are looking for a new chair of the Health Products Standards Committee. You must have:
· A commitment or empathy with organic production.
· Experience of chairing meetings.
· Experience of working on boards/committees.
· Experience of working to reach collective decisions.
· Relevant health and beauty/cosmetic technical, practical or professional expertise.
· Ability to represent an interest or expertise, but not act as a representative.
· Ability to assess technical information from other disciplines.
The committee chairs’ role is to lead the committee members to work together to reach collective decisions, and if necessary, to set aside your own particular interest for the greater good of the standards and the integrity they uphold. You will need to be able to commit some time to the post. The Health Products Standards Committee meets around two or three times a year and we have the occasional conference call and email discussion. You will also be required to attend the Standards Board as a representative of the Health Products Standards Committee. The Standards Board also meets around three times a year. If you would like more information about the Health Products Standards Committee, please email Amanda Woodman-Hardy at awoodmanhardy@soilassociation.org.
Closing date 31st January 2009.
Consumer members for standards committees
We are looking for a new consumer member of the Health Products Standards Committee. You must:
· Have an interest in the work area of the committee and be able to follow the discussions
· Have experience of working to reach collective decisions on committees
· Be a Soil Association member with a commitment to organic production.
You will need to be able to commit some time to the post. Committees meet around two or three times a year and we have the occasional conference call and email discussion. If you would like more information about any of the committees or would like to send in your CV, please email Amanda at awoodmanhardy@soilassociation.org |