Campden BRI Profiles

Chris Knight, Campden BRI

Chris Knight is Head of the Agriculture Department at Campden BRI.

Chris has a BSc from Hull University and MSc, DIC and PhD from Imperial College of Science and Medicine. His training was in botany and plant pathology, a career he continued with posts at Manchester University in research on bananas and as a lecturer and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge as a Plant Pathologist.

He joined Campden BRI in 1986 as Head of the Agriculture and has built up a range of research and services offered by the department. The focus of the work is on ensuring food safety and quality through an integrated food chain. In addition to an involvement in production and handling practices and primary product safety and quality criteria, he has a special interest in the application of food safety management systems in the agri-food chain such as the application of HACCP principles, risk assessment techniques and traceability systems.

Contact Details

Tel: +44 (0)1386 842012
Fax: +44(0) 1386 842100
E-mail: c.knight@campden.co.uk