In the June newsletter I wrote about the progress of our petition for a Royal Charter. At that stage the petition had passed through all formal stages. There were some administrative processes to be completed before the recommendation to grant our Charter could be put before the King.

As some of you will know, there has since been a legal challenge to the Privy Council decision. In light of this we have been informed by the Privy Council Office that a letter of claim submitted to them is being treated as a fresh set of representations and, in line with their process for representations, the issues raised will now be considered accordingly. AfN has submitted a robust response and we await the outcome of the further reconsiderations. When we have more information we will let you know.

Helen Clark
Chief Executive 
Association for Nutrition