Andy Bowles Email and Phone Number

On the Stall City is a Community shop that I run on a voluntary basis with my wife and son. We re-purpose Norwich City FC merchandise and football kits, making them affordable to the local community and preventing unnecessary waste.All profits are donated to the Norwich City charity, the Community Sports Foundation.

I have worked in the field of food safety for over forty years and have held posts as Quality Assurance Manager in the dairy industry, Acting Head of Environmental Health for a London Borough and university lecturer for both undergraduate and post-graduate food modules.I now author and deliver specialist food related training via our online training service.I am a qualified solicitor and hold a current practising certificate but do not conduct any reserved legal activities or provide legal services as a solicitor for clients.I am a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology, member of the Law Society and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

I provided training to Environmental Health and Trading Standards Officers on food law, science and technology matters. Training courses developed and delivered on behalf of the Food Standards Agency have included: "Food Labelling"; "Food Fraud"; "Approved Establishments"; "Veterinary Checks"; "Imported Food Control"; "Feed Hygiene"; "Contaminants Sampling"; "Microbiological Food Sampling"; "Detention and seizure of food"; "Sous Vide and Minimally Processed Food"; "Audit of Dairy Establishments" and "Criminal Investigations".I also delivered training to more than 1000 enforcement officers on the consistent rating of food establishments as part of the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme.I also delivered training to local authority enforcement officers on the UK Food Surveillance System which is a national food sampling database which captures data on all food sampling activities performed by local authority sampling officers.I also run an online training service via www.abcfoodsafety.co.uk and an online training website on behalf of the Food Standards Agency at www.importedfood.co.uk.I have also acted as a consultant auditor for the Food Standards Agency and have been involved in the audit of more than 20 local authorities.

I lecturered on food law at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. I also developed and implemented a CPD training programme for food law enforcement officers.

I was in charge of a team of Environmental Health Officers and technical staff who were responsible for the enforcement of food, health & safety, environmental protection and licensing law in over 2000 commercial premises. I was also Licensing Officer for the authority.

I was responsible for a team of Environmental Health Officers and technical staff who were engaged in the enforcement of food, health & safety, environmental protection and licensing law in food businesses within the borough.

I managed a specialist team of enforcement officers who were responsible for the inspection of food businesses within the borough

Responsible for the routine inspection of food businesses for compliance with regulatory law.

I started at the dairy as a laboratory technician responsible for the routine chemical and microbiological analysis of products. I moved into Quality Assurance and was responsible for the implementation of quality systems, customer relations and liaison with national accounts and enforcement officers.