Research Interests
- Member of Food Quality Research Group.
- The enforcement and development of food legislation and standards with particular regard to both the European Community and developing countries.
Teaching Activities
- Food legislation and standards.
- University of Reading: Courses in food law for BSc and MSc programmes
- Michigan State University, USA - Institute for Food Laws and Regulation:
Food Regulation in the European Union Internet Course Co-ordinator
- Quality assurance methods.
Highlights of Career
- Graduated in 1972 with BSc (1st Class) Chemical Engineering from University of Birmingham, UK.
- Worked in Food Process Development with Spillers Foods, Cambridge (1972 - 1974).
- Graduated in 1975 with MSc Food Science from Leeds University, UK.
- Worked for Marks and Spencer Ltd as Retail Food Technologist with responsibility for developing quality products meeting legal requirements in co-operation with supplying food factories (1976 - 1982).
- Joined The University of Reading as Lecturer in 1983; Became specialist in food law, its enforcement and in aspects of quality assurance in the food industry.
- Whilst working at the University, gained PhD degree with a study of food law enforcement in the United Kingdom.
- Has researched and lectured in Africa and Eastern Europe - in particular, visits have included Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Hungary and Romania.
- Under the EC Phare Programme, acted as the food law consultant to an agri-food study of Romania in 1992 which involved several weeks investigating the structure and activities relating food safety control in Romania.
- Acted as consultant to a Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Workshop on Strengthening Food Safety and Hygiene Training in the Informal Food Processing Sector - held in Mauritius in March 1997. The workshop was part of an EC funded project on the development of training for food security in Southern Africa.
- Editorial Board Member of Food Control and European Food and Feed Law Review
- Member of the Technical and Legislative Committee of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (UK).
- Promoted to Senior Lecturer in Food Regulation in 2001.
- In 2004, acted as short-term consultant (Food Law Specialist) to EU funded programme to support the Food Control Directorate in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Albania. Assisted in the drafting of new food law and related regulations to assist integration towards future EU membership.
- In 2005, worked as a consultant on behalf of the World Health Organisation (African Region) drafting ' Food Safety Guidelines: Practical Approaches for the Development and Drafting of Food Law' providing guidance to coutries in the WHO African Region.
Publications
- Jukes D. J. "Food Legislation of the UK - A Concise Guide", Butterworths, London, 4th Edition 1997.
- Jukes D. J. "Food Law Enforcement in the UK - Time for a Change ?", Horton Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK, 1991
- Wonnacott J. and Jukes D. J. (1986), "Chemical Additives In Food - A Review Of The Regulatory Processes Governing Their Control And The Procedures For Evaluating Their Safety In Use", Food Chemistry 19(1), 11-48
- Jukes D. J. (1988), "Developing A Food Control System - The Tanzanian Experience", Food Policy 13(3), 293-304
- Jukes D. J. (1988), "Food Law Harmonisation Within The European Community", British Food Journal 90(4), 147-154
- Jukes D. J. (1988), "The Structure Of Food Law Enforcement In The United Kingdom", British Food Journal, 90(6), 239-249
- Jukes D. J. (1989), "Food Safety, Food Law And The Food Technologist", Food Science And Technology Today, 3(1), 28-34
- Jukes D. J. (1989), "Approaching 1992 - European Developments In 1988", British Food Journal, 91(2), 12-21
- Jukes D. J. (1989), "The Technical Challenge Of 1992", In " 1992 - Planning For The Food Industry", Butterworths, 323-327
- Anyanwu R. C. and Jukes D. J. (1990), "Food Safety Control Systems For Developing Countries", Food Control, 1(1), 17-26
- Anyanwu R. C. and Jukes D. J. (1991), "Food Systems And Food Control In Nigeria", Food Policy, 16(2), 112-126
- Jukes D. J. (1991), "Food Standards, Chemicals In Food And Food Trade", Food Control, 2(4), 234-239
- Jukes D. J. (1991), "Making Food Irradiation Legal - Past, Present And Future", Food Science And Technology Today, 5(4), 211-217
- Jukes D. J. (1992), "Food Law And Regulation - Is The Consumer Voice Heard ?", Chapter 9 (pp 157-177) In "Your Food: Whose Choice?", Edited By The National Consumer Council, HMSO, London
- Jukes D. J. (1993), "Safe Food And Legal Controls", Chapter 1 In "Food Safety - The Challenge Ahead", Editors: G G Birch And G Campbell-Platt, Intercept Ltd, UK
- Jukes D. J. (1993), "Regulation and Enforcement of Food Safety in the UK", Food Policy, 18(2), 131-143
- Smith T. and Jukes D. J. (1997), "Food Control Systems in Canada", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 37(3), 229-251
- Varzakas T and Jukes D. J. (1997), "Globalisation and Food Quality Standards: The Impact in Greece", Food Policy, 22(6), 501-514
- Jukes D. J. (1998), "The Codex Alimentarius Commission - Current Status", Food Science and Technology Today, 12(4), 207-212
- Kwak N.-S., Jukes D. J. and Shin S.-G. (1999), "Food Safety Control in the Republic of Korea", Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 39(6), 539-549
- Jukes D. J. (2000), "The Role of Science in International Food Standards" Food Control, 11, 181-194
- Jukes D. J. (2000) "Key Issues in Food Labelling", Chapter in "Food Labelling" Edited by J R Blanchfield, Woodhead Publishing,
- Kwak N.-S. and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Functional Foods - (1) The Development of a Regulatory Concept", Food Control, 12(2), 99-107
- Kwak N.-S. and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Functional Foods - (2) The Impact on Current Regulatory Terminology", Food Control, 12(2), 109-118
- Kwak N.-S. and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Current International Approaches to Food Claims", Nutrition Reviews, 58(12), 363-370
- Kwak N.-S. and Jukes D. J. (2000), "Debating Health Claims within Codex Alimentarius", Food Technology, 54(12), 52-56
- Kwak N-S and Jukes D. J. (2001), “Issues in the Substantiation Process of Health Claims”, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 41(6), 465-480
- Jukes D. J. and Mutukumira A. N. (2003), "The development of national food safety control systems in Sub-Saharan Africa – issues and opportunities", Proceedings FoodAfrica Conference , Cameroon .
- Garcia, R and Jukes, D. J. (2004), "The Spanish system of food controls - its administration and enforcement", Food Control , 15(1), 2004, 51-59