Chris Elliott
Professor of Food Safety and Director of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University, Belfast
Comment & OpinionIPCC report: how UK meat producers can cut their carbon footprint
Offshoring the carbon problem of meat production is a bad idea, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionDon’t just lash out at farmers. Help them fight our ‘cheap food’ system
It feels like negative views about farmers are becoming more common
Comment & OpinionNHS food review should consider the role of ‘health economics’
Better-quality hospital food would free up beds, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionLet’s help shoppers grasp the environmental impact of their food
Shoppers are not currently provided with much information about the environmental impact of their purchases, says Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionMeat needs an industry-driven scheme to keep fraud at bay
Meat is getting a bad press at the moment, with supply at risk across Europe and the UK
Comment & OpinionFood hygiene remains a serious public health problem
Campylobacter hasn’t gone away, and consumers remain underinformed, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionWTO standards post-Brexit will have harmful consequences for food
Professor Chris Elliott’s recent trip to India illustrated how exporters assign what produce goes where
Comment & OpinionHow can the food industry help solve the allergen problem?
Clearer labels, better training and a traffic light system would improve matters, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionWhat should we be eating and how should it be produced?
Conflicting reports on food and the environment should make us think about how complex things are, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionWhy small businesses are on Professor Chris Elliott’s food safety watchlist for 2019
Food hygiene and allergy control must be rolled into a single system of monitoring and enforcement, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionWe must address the serious nutrition deficit in our diets
Both the UK food industry and government must take ‘hidden hunger’ seriously, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionBeware food safety risks when cutting salt, sugar and plastics
Salt and sugar have been used as food preservatives for hundreds of years and there are microbiological risks of reducing them in food, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionAfrica's food fraud problem is immense. But we can help
Counterfeiting and high levels of mycotoxins are endangering the lives of nearly a billion people, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionFresh produce scares show food safety starts with properly trained workers
Evidence in the US suggests that cases of fresh produce-related food poisoning are often due to contamination with human waste, says Professor Chris Elliott
Comment & OpinionThe UK is fighting back on food crime
I spend a relatively large amount of time on the nasty topic of food crime
Comment & OpinionA secure, sustainable global food system is increasingly urgent
The recent Global Food Integrity summit has convinced Professor Chris Elliott the current way we produce and distribute food needs to be re-thought
Comment & OpinionAttitudes to GM food & drink are changing
When the public is asked what they believe are the biggest food safety issues, genetically modified foods are often mentioned
Comment & OpinionFood labelling: doing what it says on the tin
I have been drawn to food labelling issues over the last few weeks due to a number of unconnected events
Comment & OpinionWatch out for organic fraud!
We have had a few scandals of late in the UK but compared with what is going on in Belgium at the moment, they are relatively small scale
Comment & OpinionScandal reflects food safety progress
The National Food Crime Unit was taking an active role in the investigation