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Anne-Marie Mackintosh joins AFGC Anne-Marie Mackintosh has been appointed to the role of policy manager, nutrition and regulation, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council. As an accredited practising dietitian with more than 25 years experience, Anne-Marie has worked in nutrition, food reformulation, food regulation and food supply across a variety of sectors including food industry, nongovernment, government and clinical. Ms Mackintosh has food policy experience with the NSW Ministry of Health whilst implementing a healthy food and drink policy in healthcare facilities, as well as corporate experience as a nutritionist for global food companies including Cereal Partners Worldwide and PepsiCo,
strategically driving and delivering a nutrition agenda both internally with staff and externally with stakeholders. Ms Mackintosh helped Cereal Partners Worldwide to become one of the first companies to have HSR packaging, and helped all of Uncle Toby’s cereal portfolio to attain an HSR rating of four or more. Additionally, Ms Mackintosh has chaired the Dietitians Association of Australia Food Regulation Working Group for eight years, writing food standards submissions to FSANZ and was the DAA’s representative on FRSC roundtables. Ms Mackintosh is a member of the Federal Government’s Healthy Food Partnership Reformulation Working Group, a voluntary initiative
with the food industry, public health/ non-government organisations and academics. A key objective of this partnership is to work collaboratively to set nutrient benchmarks for key food categories to improve the food supply.
Bill Heague returns to lead Mars Food Australia Mars Incorporated has appointed a new General Manager, Bill Heague, to lead Mars Food Australia, the local arm of one of the world’s most successful privately-owned manufacturing businesses. Mr Heague originally joined the Mars company in 2008 as Sales Manager for Mars Food Australia, the manufacturer of some of Australia’s most loved food brands including Masterfoods, Uncle Ben’s, Dolmio and Kantong. Following a successful five-year stint with Mars Food in Australia,
Mr Heague relocated to Europe to take up the role of Market Director, Multisales, for Mars in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mr Heague then managed Mars’ Irish Multisales business from 2018, before returning home to Sydney and taking up his new role with Mars Food Australia. Mr Heague said he is thrilled to be returning to Mars Food Australia. “I’m a foodie at heart and very excited about the major advances and significant challenges we are seeing in the food industry, both in Australia and around the world, and
the innovation that our business can bring to the table,” Mr Heague said.
Deon Mahoney new head of food safety The Produce Marketing Association Australia and New Zealand (PMA A-NZ) has appointed Deon Mahoney it’s head of food safety. Mr Mahoney has over 30 years’ experience working in food safety across the world. In his role as head of food safety, Deon Mahoney will provide high level technical support and guidance under the PMA A-NZ food safety pillar, with the goal of ensuring the safety and suitability of fresh produce. Mr Mahoney has considerable experience working in food safety
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across a wide range of disciplines and industry sectors. This includes roles covering the development of food safety policy, microbiological risk assessment, risk communication, development and enforcement of food legislation, quality assurance, and training and education. Mr Mahoney’s previous work for the World Health Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, with Food Standards Australia New Zealand and a State regulatory agency has seen him develop and publish a wide range of technical guidance material, provide
forward-looking scientific advice addressing factors that impact the safety of food products.
