Regulatory consulting expertise for food and beverages

Trusted scientific and regulatory support for the global food and beverage industry

For over 100 years we've kept the global food and beverage industry informed, compliant and prepared for the future.

Leatherhead Food Research provides scientific and regulatory affairs advice to the food and beverage industry through a membership-based consultancy. We solve our Member's problems with our specialist team of food scientists, toxicologists and multi-lingual regulatory affairs professionals.

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Our members benefit from:

  • On-tap expert advice
  • Exclusive content
  • Discounted project rates
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Our global regulatory teams can help you with all aspects of food & beverage regulation.

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We provide key services for those involved in creating, managing and improving food safety processes and procedures.

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We offer assistance with every step of the food & beverage product innovation lifecycle.

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Over 1500 organisations are already Leatherhead members and benefit from our expert advice and resources.

Training programme

Leatherhead offers training courses on food & beverage regulation. 

We specialise in European and International regulatory courses and are able to offer food safety, product development and innovation courses as bespoke training.

What's new?

How to develop and validate cooking instructions

Most UK adults ‘always’ or ‘often’ use on-pack cooking instructions, so how can food companies ensure they...

03 March 2023

Regulatory strategies to reduce global obesity and heart disease

Governments and industry bodies worldwide have developed various approaches to understand the relationship between...

10 February 2023

Mitigating against emerging foodborne pathogens

Current food safety legislation offers good coverage of established foodborne pathogens and spoilage organisms, but it also...

03 February 2023