David Miles

About

David joined us in 2011, and has worked in brewing (Laboratory Manager), food composition and beer analysis. His career began working in the research lab at Express Dairies in 1986. With the exception of 5 years in forensics and clinical trials, David has spent his career working in food and animal feed laboratories.

His previous roles include working at Mars UK (Lab Analyst – oils and fats), Express Foods Group (Dairy analysis, General food analysis, Lab Manager, Quality Manager), Aynsome laboratories (Animal Feed Lab Manager), RSSL (Group Manager, Supermarket Due Diligence analysis) and LGC (Genotyping Lab Manager, then Group Head of Toxicology).

Areas of interest

• Food labelling and composition
• Food technology
• Laboratory analysis
• Food manufacturing and cooking
• New ingredients and trends

Specific areas of expertise

Dairy analysis; oils and fats authenticity; animal feed analysis; beer and brewing analysis; general analytical chemistry; Lean 6 sigma; Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

Other activities within industry

• Scientific expert to HMRC at European level as part of Campden BRI’s contract with HMRC.
• Formerly member of the UK Grain and Feed Trade Association relating to Animal Feed.
• Formerly FOSFA (oils and fats) official report signatory.