Consumer representative re-appointed to ANZFA Board

The Board of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority, the Hon. Michael MacKellar, today said he was delighted to announce that

Dr Heather Yeatman has been re-appointed to the Board of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA).

Mr MacKellar said: 'Dr Yeatman's close links with consumer and community groups in Australia and New Zealand improve ANZFA's capacity to communicate and consult with the community and help to ensure that consumer interests are taken seriously.

'Using her expertise in the fields of nutrition and public health, she has made a very important contribution to the development of standards to protect the health and safety of the population in general, and to assist consumers to make healthy and informed food choices.'

Dr Yeatman is particularly interested in the development of locally based food and nutrition policies. She has worked with local government to encourage links between local food production, affordable healthy foods and community health, and has been involved with Healthy Cities Illawarra for over a decade.

Dr Yeatman is a Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Wollongong. She is also a member of the Commonwealth Government's Complementary Medicines Evaluation Committee and the New South Wales Government's SAFEFood Advisory Committee.