Speakers

Helen uses her knowledge of UK and harmonised EU legislation relevant to the food/drink industry, as well as experience working with food allergens, to provide advice and consultancy, deliver training and present at national and international events on these subjects. Helen joined Campden BRI in 2004 and worked her way up to the position of Team Leader of the Food Allergens Team, where she managed the provision of technical contract services in food allergen detection, provided interpretation of testing results and consultancy on testing for food allergens and cleaning validation. She joined the Campden BRI Regulatory Affairs team in 2014. Helen has co-authored guidance documents for the food industry and manages publication of Campden BRI’s Food Law Alert. Prior to joining Campden BRI Helen obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Agriculture and Food Science, specialising in food microbiology, and a PhD in environmental microbiology, both from the University of Nottingham.