Craig Leadley
craigleadley.bsky.social
Craig Leadley
@craigleadley.bsky.social
Married with 3 kids. A proud Yorkshireman. Food Technologist and Chief Executive at the UK Institute of Food Science & Technology. Loads of hobbies - too many to list!
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🔍 Two Decades of Detecting and Preventing Food Fraud: 2015–2035
📅 Monday 22 September 2025, 13:30–15:00 (online)
💻 Free to attend
🧪 Organised by IFST and the Food Authenticity Network

📌 Register here: buff.ly/Ti330NY

#FoodFraud #FoodIntegrity #FoodSafety #Webinar #FoodScience #SupplyChain #FAN
September 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Fancy getting involved in a study about air-fryer usage? Based in the Republic of Ireland? See the graphic for details.
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Fancy getting involved in a study about air-fryer usage? Based in Northern Ireland? See the graphic for details.
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Heading to Oxford today to meet with the publisher of our two peer reviewed journals - the ‘International Journal if Food Science & Technology’ and ‘Translational Food Sciences’. Tomorrow we are running a conference in collaboration with the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University.
July 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This should be a fun day for people interested in food production and food science.
In partnership with the Food Museum and organised by the IFST Eastern Branch, we present the second Food Science Discovery Day – a dynamic and interactive event designed to inspire the next generation and spotlight the exciting world of food science and technology. 🌟

🔗 Book now: buff.ly/KIxX8pA
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Cultivated Meat: Challenges and Innovation in the Sector 🌱

Join the IFST Food Processing Special Interest Group for a webinar on cellular agriculture! Discover the science, challenges, and innovations behind cultivated meat.

Register here: https://buff.ly/41bS7xa
February 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Our list of priority research areas for the #cultivatedmeat sector. The list cites key challenges, bottlenecks, and solution spaces to reduce costs, assist in scaling, improve environmental impact, and generally build a greater foundation of knowledge to guide the trajectory of the field:
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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Aleph Farms submits the first application for #cultivatedmeat regulatory approval in Thailand 🇹🇭

The number of places where people will be able to try cultivated meat is soon to grow at a rapid pace, though quantities will still be very limited!

aleph-farms.com/journals/ale...
December 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM
When GWR train operator says ‘we are sorry to give you 5 carriages instead of 9’ every week the apology starts to sound a bit insincere…
December 5, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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The Cultured Hub, a first-of-its-kind pilot plant and CDMO for cellular agriculture, opens in Switzerland

Cultivated meat companies can now rent space & equipment for process development up to 1000L scale without having to sink costs into their own facilities

gateway.eqs.com/maily/online...
December 3, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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A momentous and emotional day for me and everyone who’s campaigned for a change in the law regarding #AssistedDying. Thank you to everyone who worked so hard and who made their voices heard. I’m so pleased terminally ill people will have the choice 🩷

(Bluesky caps vids at 60s; 20s chopped out)
November 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Food Scientists and Technologists (or allied scientists working in food) let me know if you want adding to this starter pack. Let’s build our community.
November 23, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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Japanese company Integriculture launches a fully food-grade starter kit for cultivated meat, including a novel oxygen-permeable bioreactor.

Solutions starting to make their way into everyday laboratories.

www.greenqueen.com.hk/integricultu...
Can This Cultivated Meat Starter Kit Speed Up Industry Innovation?
Japanese startup Integriculture has launched a starter kit to drive innovation and accelerate R&D in the cultivated meat sector.
www.greenqueen.com.hk
November 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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📅 Don’t miss the IFST South East Branch ABM on Dec 4th at the University of Surrey! 🎉 Learn from Dr Andrea Monteagudo, Dr Rokas Juodeikis, & Dr Susie Turan on the microbiome’s impact on fermentation. Network with food science & nutrition experts! Register now: https://buff.ly/4hwfWWL
November 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Come and join a compact but beautifully formed team…
📢 IFST is Hiring, we’re seeking a Membership & Registration Manager! Manage membership processes, work with assessors, and lead CPD initiatives. Ideal for those with food sector experience and strong communication skills. Salary £36-38k + benefits.

www.ifst.org/news/were-hi...
We're Hiring: Membership and Registration Manager
IFST is hiring – we are the leading professional body for food professionals and are looking for a Membership and Registration Manager to push forward our work to promote food science and technology f...
www.ifst.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:42 AM
The Institute of Food Science & Technology produces a peer reviewed journal, the ‘International Journal of Food Science & Technology’. The December 2024 issue is out now. Many papers are open access. You can find the journal at this link ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652621...
International Journal of Food Science & Technology: Vol 59, No 12
Click on the title to browse this issue
ifst.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 AM
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📢The Guardian is now officially on Bluesky

@theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM