AEJEG Register of Interests

Personal interests

Direct employment.

University of Worcester (Standard Academic contract) – Jan 2012 to present.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Registered Nutritionist (Association for Nutrition) - UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists (UKVRN)

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Corteva Agriscience

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Part of IWGT steering committee and in vivo WG member, Part of leadership team for HESI GTTC and WG member, member of OECD expert group for genotoxicity

Other personal interests.

None

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

Member of UK COM

Other non-personal interests.

None

Personal interests

Direct employment.

LabCorp, Exponent, Broughton

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None

Other personal interests.

None

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

None

Other non-personal interests.

None

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Visiting Professor - University of Chester.

Chair of the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) – Luxembourg.

• Provision of scientific advice to the European Commission on safety assessment of chemicals and nanomaterials in cosmetics and personal-care products; development of Guidance

Member/Chair of the following WGs of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – Parma, Italy:

• Particle Risk Assessment (Chair)

• Botanicals Compendium (Member)

• Guidance on Read-across (Member)

• New Approach Methods (Member)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Professor of Food Safety & Innovation; University of Chester (Oct 2015 - Sep 2017).

Principle Scientist/ Advanced Research Fellow, The Food and Environment Research Agency, York (Dec 1990 - Sep 2015).

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member Committee of the French National Research Agency (ANR) to evaluate research proposals for projects on food packaging and containers and sustainability policies: new food constraints and impacts on nutrition and health – Alimentarité. [Emballages et contenants alimentaires et politiques de durabilité : nouvelles contraintes d’alimentarité et impacts sur la nutrition et la santé – Alimentarité] (01/06/2024 – 30/08/2024).  

Member of the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety (SAG-CS) in Consumer Products. (04/2021 - 07/2023).

Expert evaluator of project proposals submitted to the European Commission under Horizon 2020 Programme, and the Research Executive Agency. Also Project Technical Advisor for the EC to periodically review the progress of selected Horizon 2020 projects for the European Commission’s DG Research & Innovation (01/09/2017 - 15/06/2022).

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Labcorp, cytogenetic consultant (analyst)

Formerly Covance Labs

Shareholdings.

AstraZeneca, Diageo, Marks and Spencers

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Member of British Toxicology Society (BTS), United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS)

Other personal interests.

Shell Research Limited (pension)

AstraZeneca UK (pension)

Aviva (pension)

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None relevant

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

HSE; UK REACH Independent Scientific Expert (RISEP), FSA; Food Contact Materials Joint Expert Group (FCMJEG), FSA; Smoke Flavourings Working Group of Joint Expert Group on Additives, Enzymes and other Regulated Products (AEJEG), OPSS; Scientific Advisory Group on Chemical Safety of non-food and non-medicinal products,

Other non-personal interests.

NIHR; Academy selection committee member for Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement, University of Surrey; guest lecturer (food safety). DHSC; occasionally act as Independent Panel member for SACs (not in area of involvement, past or present)

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Covance Ltd (more than 15y ago)

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Covance Ltd cytogenetic consultant (analyst)

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None

Indirect support.

None

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

UKHSA; Committee on Carcinogenicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment (COC) until spring 2024

Other non-personal interests.

None

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Vice-chair of the International Comet Assay Working Group (no links with industry).

Other personal interests.

Scientific director (unpaid) of small Norwegian company NorGenotech, which uses the comet assay (a common genotoxicity test). No links with food additives etc.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

Fellow of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

In 2022 Advised Tate and Lyle on experimental design for testing a sugar substitute.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

 Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

Until May 2023 was a trustee (and latterly chair) of the charity Garden Organic.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Chair of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Material (2024-2029).

Member of the French ANSES Committee on Air safety.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Direct employment.

Emeritus Reader in Medical Statistics at City St George’s, University of London.

Pension - Pfizer

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

National Grid plc,

AstraZeneca (Spouse Shareholder),

National Grid plc (Spouse Shareholder).

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Biometrics Society

British Toxicological Society(BTS)

Genetics Society

Royal Society of Biology (RSB)

Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA) 

Royal Statistical Society (RSS)

Statistitians in the pharmaceutical industry (PSI)

United Kingdom Environment Mutagen Society (UKEMS)

Member of the UK Committee on Toxicity in Chemicals in Food Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) and sub-groups

Member of BEIS SAG-CS

Member of the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) 92

Member of HESI/GTCC (Genetic Toxicology Genetic Committee)

MRC EMINENT Scientific Review Board

RISEP Challenge Panel Member

Member of OECD Expert Groups

ILSI Europe (Combined Toxicity Expert Group)

British Trust of Ornithologists (BTO)

English Heritage

Liberty

Campaign of the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)

Kew Gardens

Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust (SBBOT)

Chelsea Physic Garden

National Trust

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

None. 

Direct employment.

None. 

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None. 

Shareholdings.

None. 

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

EFSA Scientific Committee

COM

COC

Member of UK National Centre of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) Board (until Dec 2022)

MHRA ISAC

ILSI Europe (TTC Expert group)

OECD (Workgroup Member)

IWGT (Workgroup Member).

Other personal interests.

None. 

Fellowships.

None. 

Indirect support.

None. 

Trusteeships.

None. 

Land and property.

None. 

Other public appointments.

None. 

Other non-personal interests.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

UK Science Advisory Committees (Paid honoraria) including:

Food Standard Agency:

Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) and related working groups: Member and from June 2024 Vice Chair.

The Joint Expert Group on Additives, Enzymes and other regulated products: Member until March 2025

Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS):

Science Advisory Group on Consumer Safety (SAG-CS): Chair 2021-Current.

Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency:

 Paediatric Medicines Expert Advisory Group (PMEAG) Member since 2023.

Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency:

Various Expert working Groups.

Associate Editor for Toxicology Research.

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

British Toxicology Society (BTS); Member and Honorary Fellow (2024) and General Secretary (until 2026).

British Pharmaceutical Society

United Kingdom Animal Alternative Technologies Society (UKAAT)previously known as the In Vitro Society 

Royal Society of Biology (Fellow 2014)

Royal Society of Chemist (Fellow 2025)

UK Environmental Mutagenicity Society

CO Research Trust (CORT) Board: Member since 2020

Trustee of Godalming 6^th Form College since 2016.

Other personal interests.

None

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

HonFBTS

FRSB

FRSC

FHEA

Indirect support.

N/A

Trusteeships.

CO Research Trust

BTS

Godalming 6^th Form College

Land and property.

None

Other public appointments.

Member of the Register of Specialists to advise on chemical matters for The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) since 2021.

Member of the FAO and WHO roster of experts since 2021.

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) UN SPP Engagement Group-Member since 2022

RSC Toxicology Group Member since 2023

Skills Gap Project-Chair of Steering Group  and Advisory Board 2022-Present

NC3Rs Regulatory Science Forum-Member from October 2024.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

N/A

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

In 2023 Shirley was invited to be a temporary advisor for the joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) meeting in Rome on Titanium Dioxide and was provided with an honorarium.

Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency: Commission on Human Medicines (CHM); Member from 2010-2022.

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

N/A

Indirect support.

N/A

Trusteeships.

Royal Grammar School Governor from 2010-2022

President of the BTS 2020-2022.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Employee of Fera Science Ltd, working on an ad hoc basis.

Project monitoring officer and proposal reviewer for Innovate UK (UK Government research funding body).

Lecturer – University of Leeds.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member of UK Government Expert Committee on Pesticides (ecp); a scientific committee of Defra.

Member of European Food Safety Authority EFSA Working Groups on:

• Polychlorinated naphthalenes in feed and food (2022-2024)
•  Brominated flame retardants in food.
•  Bromide in food and feed.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow (FRSC), Chartered Chemist (CChem), European Chemist (EurChem) Chartered Scientist (CSci).  Member of Toxicology Interest Group and Food Interest Group committees. 

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

(EFSA) CONTAM panel responsible for risk assessment of food contaminants (2015-2018):         

• Polychlorinated naphthalenes in feed and food (2022-2024)
• Perfluorinated organic chemicals in food and feed (2016 – 2020)
• Animal feed detoxification (on-going; vice-chair 2017-2018)
• Chlorinated paraffins in food and feed (2017-2020; Chair 2017-2018)

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

Member of island of Ireland ‘safefood’ Advisory Committee (2020-2023)

Member of FAPAS® advisory committee (2017-2023)

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

Member of CropLife Europe (CLE) Residues Expert Group, Chair of CLE Cumulative Risk Assessment Sub Group and Member of further Sub Groups for Residue Definitions, Drinking Water Treatment and Dietary Risk Models.

Personal interests

None.

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

Member of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP).

Represented the UK as a technical expert at a range of EC and EFSA meetings.

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

None.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

None.

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

Michael Walker Consulting Ltd. Occasional consultancy and expert witness services in scientific areas unrelated to his public appointments.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

None.

Shareholdings.

None

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Honorary Fellow Institute of Food Science & Technology, IFST, Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC.

Other personal interests.

Honorary professor (pro bono), Institute for Global Food Security, IGFS, the Queen’s University, Belfast, QUB.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

T&S (£300) to attend conference, ILSI-Europe, 2019, T&S (@~£500 - £650 per annum) to attend annual meetings, European Commission European Network of Food Allergen Detection Laboratories, 2018 – date.. T&S (~£250) to attend Mondelez meeting on food allergens, 2024.

Trusteeships.

None.

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

• Office of Product Safety and Standards Scientific Advisory Group Consumer Safety (SAG-CS)
• Member, FSA/DH Committee on Toxicity (COT) Joint Expert Group, Food Contact Materials.
• Co-Chair ILSI-Europe Expert Group on methods needed to deploy allergen quantitative risk assessment
• Member ILSI Europe Expert Group on Precautionary Allergen labelling
• Chair BSI AW/34/46 Food Authenticity

Other non-personal interests.

None.

Personal interests

Direct employment.

None.

Consultancies and other fee-paid work.

See above and Head: Office of the Government Chemist, LGC, 2018 – 2021

Referee Analyst, Laboratory of the Government Chemist 2006 to 2021

Shareholdings.

None.

Clubs, other organisations and advocacy groups.

Former member Association of Public Analysts.

Other personal interests.

None.

Non-personal interests

Fellowships.

None.

Indirect support.

None.

Trusteeships.

None

Land and property.

None.

Other public appointments.

Food Standards Agency, (FSA) Board member for Northern Ireland and Chair of the FSA’s Northern Ireland Advisory Committee, 2000 – 2004.

Other non-personal interests.

None.