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Kent, Uk

Kent, Uk

Independent food safety professional with over 30 years of experience in the food industry. Key areas of expertise: expert witness, risk assessments, food safety troubleshooting specialising in mycological problems of food and drink. Key food types include acidified foods including sauces and dressings, jams and chutneys, dried foods, confectionery, soft drinks and fruit juices. Highly experienced trainer delivering standard and bespoke food safety, microbiology, HACCP and internal audit courses.

Epsom

Leatherhead key focus: Consultancy in HACCP reviews and assistance with development of new systems, risk assessment of processes, ingredients, supply chains. Onsite auditing, reviews of audits, guidance with attaining audit standards. Expert witness for criminal court, court of arbitration and more general mediation cases, acting for claimant or respondent, prosecution or defence. Troubleshooting microbiological problems, with a focus (but not exclusively) on yeast and mould problems in dried foods, confectionery, sauces and dressings, bakery, and raw commodities.Process validation studies with respect to bacteria, heat resistant moulds, yeasts, Food safety training, both at Leatherhead, and onsite: food safety, food microbiology, HACCP, auditing, shelf life, root cause analysis. Onsite training and consultancy in the UK, Europe, Central and South America, South Asia and South East Asia.For NRI: 13 years experience in food and agricultural development work specialising in food mycology research. Developed and ran food safety and food microbiology training. Worked in countries in Africa, Asia and South America.Short and medium term projects in food security. Sectors included cereal grains, legumes and pulses, root crops, tree nuts, fish, coffee.Advisory work with global food standards organisations, governments, national bodies, NGOs.

Post Doctoral research on Rhizoctonia solani

Based at Colworth House, Beds, in the Protein Chemistry Section

Phd, Plant Pathology

Activities and Societies: Christian UnionResearch on a disease complex of glasshouse lettuce

Bsc Agricultural Science

Graduated with 2i. Final year specialised in Plant Pathology, Agronomy, Crop Protection and Plant Ecology