Launch of The Vital Ingredient

The Vital Ingredient, an RSC-IChemE report looking at chemical science and engineering priorities for sustainable food, was launched at the House of Commons on 21 January 2009. 

The event attracted approximately 200 people, including scientists from industry and academia, food retailers, trade associations, politicians, civil servants, policy makers & funders and other learned societies.

List of speakers:

• Professor Dave Garner (President of the RSC)
• Professor Richard Darton (President of the IChemE)
• Professor Peter Lillford (Chair, The Vital Ingredient Steering Group)
• The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
• Dame Suzi Leather (Chair, Council of Food Policy Advisers)
• Mark Lancaster TD MP (Shadow International Development Minister)
• Michael Jack MP (Chairman, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select Committee)