Consumer & Public Interest Strategic Advisory Committee (CPI-SAC) This CPI committee comprises senior representatives from the some of the most important consumer and public interest organisations in the UK: Trading Standards Institute (TSI) Which? Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Office of Fair Trading (OFT) National Consumer Federation (NCF) Citizens Advice (CAB) Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services (LACORS) Consumer Focus UK Government Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) Age UK National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) The CPI-SAC reports directly to the top level BSI policy committee the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee.
Lynn Faulds Wood Chair of BSI Consumer & Public Interest Network Lynn presented the popular BBC consumer rights TV programme, Watchdog, for nine years, helping to bring in many new laws (bunk beds, cookers), new British Standards (toasters, food processors, irons, condoms) and multi-million pound recalls (cars, cookers, pushchairs). She was also responsible for the redesign of many household products.Lynn is now nearing the end of her three-year term of office and a new chair of this group is now sought. Please click here if you are interested.