Martin Briggs

Biography

Martin Briggs is a feed industry expert with over 46 years’ experience in farm animal feeds. He has a degree in Applied Biology and is currently employed as a Technical Manager for GLW Feeds Ltd, a large multi-species compound feed manufacturer, with previous roles as Mill and Operations Managers.

Martin Briggs has an extensive overview and direct practical experience of feed safety, including microbiological, chemical, physical and prevention of contamination, plus salmonella control (involving both heat treatment and biocide treatment of poultry breeder feeds), medicines in feeds, feed manufacturing, feed quality, nutrition and formulations across all farm animal species, plus Health and Safety of feed mill operations including COSHH.

Martin Briggs has been a member of the FSA ACMSF and the previous AFFAJEG since 2019 and is a member of the Agricultural Industries Federation (AIC – Trade Association) UFAS (Universal feed Assurance Scheme) Working and Review Groups and is also a UKAS Technical Assessor and a GAFTA and UFAS schemes auditor. He has worked on a number of feed industry working groups and has provided training on feed mill auditing and HACCP for Trading Standards Officers.