The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to launch new membership organisation.
Publication Date: 20 June 2014
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) will be formally launching its new membership organisation the Institute of Food Safety, Integrity & Protection (IFSIP) at the House of Commons on 24 June 2014.
Professor Chris Elliott, professor of food safety and director of the Institute for Global Food Security, and chair of the IFSIP Advisory Board will be speaking at the launch offering his thoughts on the role that IFSIP can perform over the weeks and months ahead.
IFSIP is a venture focussed on enabling collaboration across the food industry in the UK and internationally to include local and central government, industry, academia, professional bodies and trade associations.
IFSIP membership will offer knowledge and good practice, professional membership grades, collaboration and networking, and events.
The launch event is being hosted by Sir Kevin Barron, MP, who is a Vice President of the CIEH and Head of IFSIP, Jenny Morris, MBE, will be answering questions.
IFSIP will represent the growing community of people who work in food safety throughout the food chain. This new membership organisation will be of specific interest to anyone specialising in food safety who are not currently CIEH members.
CIEH Chief Executive Graham Jukes, OBE, said: ‘IFSIP is a food safety specialist membership organisation for the public good supported and run by the CIEH under its charitable objectives.
‘Modern food production, manufacture and delivery systems to the consumer are increasingly complex and that was illustrated by the horsemeat problems we experienced last year, highlighted by the Elliott Review interim report.
‘We have created a much broader professional body that seeks to engage with all those who work with food safety and integrity throughout the food chain.
‘The CIEH and IFSIP will work with government agencies, regulators, the food industry and other professional bodies to support the coordination of good practice and standards in an ever changing world.’
Professor Elliott’s independent review into the integrity and assurance of food supply networks commissioned by the government will be published soon.
Notes to editors:
- For media enquiries please contact Brian Cowan on 020 7827 5922 or 07721 456727 or email b.cowan@cieh.org
About the Institute of Food Safety, Integrity and Protection (IFSIP):
- IFSIP is a food safety specialist membership organisation for the public good supported and run by the CIEH under its charitable objectives.
- Register your interest here www.ifsip.org
- About the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH):
- The CIEH is the professional voice for environmental health representing over 10,000 members working in the public, private and non-profit sectors. It ensures the highest standards of professional competence in its members, in the belief that through environmental health action people's health can be improved
- The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is a leading provider of regulated qualifications in health and safety, food safety, environmental management, fire safety and first aid and operates in over 50 countries
- Over 10 million people around the world from the UK to the USA and the Middle East hold a CIEH qualification
- The CIEH’s clients range from small businesses to multinational enterprises like the InterContinental Hotels Group. We work with governmental bodies in Hong Kong as well as international agencies like the United Nations
- The CIEH’s 60 qualification training programmes are delivered through a network of over 10,000 registered trainers. The training is developed for the varied skill levels within organisations. They cater to different learning styles and preferences through a series of flexible structures. CIEH qualifications are Ofqual (formerly QCA) regulated and are valued and recognised throughout the world
- For more information visit www.cieh.org
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