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 Thinking Globally - Working Locally: A Conference on Food Safety Education.

Speaker Biographies

Christopher Griffith, PhD

University of Wales Institute Cardiff, United Kingdom

Professor Griffith was brought up in an hotel before obtaining a BSc and PhD in Microbiology from Liverpool University. This was followed by work in the USA, Sweden and then Cardiff. He has lectured on aspects of medical and food microbiology for over 20 years and been involved in food safety research for 18 years.

He has been awarded numerous international awards, including a New Zealand ESR international research fellowship in 1999, and a Welsh National Assembly Award in 2002, as well as a visiting research fellow and invited speaker in Europe, the USA and the far East. He has been an external examiner for MSc, MPhil and PhD candidates. He is a member of a range of national committees including the UK HACCP Steering Committee, the HCIMA Technical Advisory Group and in the development of HACCP qualifications. He has been involved extensively in food safety training and consultancy.

He has authored / co-authored more than 150 books, book chapters, scientific papers and conference proceedings relating to food safety. These include the How To series of books, the most recent of which are How To Clean – A Management Guide and How To HACCP 3rd Edition.

He is currently Head of the Food Research and Consultancy Unit (FRCU) and Director of Research and Enterprise for the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) and is involved with food safety at all points within the food chain. These include food manufacturers, food service and the consumer with over 12 years of research involvement with the latter. He works with a multidisciplinary team including microbiologists, sociologists, psychologists and home economists using a wide range of traditional and novel approaches in studying food handling, food safety systems and improving the microbiological quality of food.

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