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Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor

Dr Simon Brooke-Taylor holds a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry (Toxicology) and PhD in Toxicology from the University of Surrey and is a professional member of the Australian Instsitute of Food Science and Technology. He is an expert in risk anaylsis with over 20 years technical and managerial experience in the food sector, both in manufacturing and in regulation. He is a director and principal consultant with Brooke-Taylor & Co Pty Ltd, specialising in the provision of food regulatory affairs and compliance consultancy services to the food industry.

From 1991 until he established his own consultancy in January 2001, Dr Brooke-Taylor held senior positions with the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA), and its predecessor the Australian National Food Authority (NFA). As the Program Manager for Food Product Standards with ANZFA, he had responsibility for and a leading policy and technical role in the development of the new joint Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code, as well as the new standards for food additives and genetically modified and novel foods that were adopted in 2000. Dr Brooke-Taylor has also participated extensively in the development of international food standards through involvement in the technical committees of the Codex Alimentarius Commissions and the WTO. Simon has also participated extensively in the development of international food standards through involvement in the technical committees of the Codex Alimentarius Commissions and the WTO.

At the end of 2000, Dr Brooke-Taylor left the Food Authority to establish Brooke-Taylor & Co. The business now has an extensive client base, including government, academia and food businesses, in Australia and overseas. He has also consulted to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and ASEAN on risk analysis and international food standards setting, including recently preparing new draft food regulations for the Solomon Islands.

In addition, Dr Brooke-Taylor has extensive practical experience in the food industry having spent a total of 10 years in the brewing industry and is a Master Brewer member of the Institute of Brewing.