Professor David Lloyd Director of the Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Professor Lloyd works closely with both the private sector and Welsh Government.  He advises on issues affecting the sector, and has also influenced Welsh Government’s Food Policy.

The Food Industry Centre links food academics with the food processing sector.  They advise on a range of food related subjects including:

• food safety
• third party accreditation
• bacterial contamination
• legislation
• new product development
• nutrition;
• efficient food factory design

Key areas for food safety research at the university are:

• product decontamination; and
• food safety culture change (looking at behavioural practices relating to food safety).

During his tenure as Director of the Food Industry Centre, the unit’s credits include:

• delivering over 100 knowledge transfer programmes using food graduates in industry 
• an increased turnover of £64,000,000 for local companies
• creating over 400 jobs
• launching over 250 new products to the major UK retailers.