Meet Andrew
Dr Andrew Wadge: Director of Food Safety Policy and Chief Scientist
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Formerly Head of the Agency's Chemical Safety and Toxicology Division working on issues including toxicology of food chemicals, allergy and food intolerance, food additives, contact materials, pesticides and veterinary medicine residues.
Originally working in academic research laboratories and Westminster Medical School, he has been a Government scientist since 1986 holding posts in the Department of Health, including work on the health effects of environmental pollution and then leading the Food Chemical Safety Unit with responsibility for the secretariat to the independent expert Committee on Toxicity.