 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]
HPSC 17/01/07 [PDF, 34 KB]
HPSC 26/07/06 [PDF, 27 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
- 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 Isabel Griffiths at igriffiths@soilassociation.org. |