Leading provider of nutritional advice to farmers,
feed mills, and feed businesses.
Our Company
Apheya, formerly known as Victoria Phillips LTD, is a leading provider of nutritional advice to farmers, feed mills, and feed businesses. We also have far-reaching experience of feed production and feed safety procedures, auditing and training, resulting in a growing customer base in the UK and internationally.
Our Team
Victoria Phillips, Managing Director.
Victoria has worked in the animal feed industry for over 20 years. Her qualifications and experience in all aspects of feed production make her a leading advisor in nutrition, feed safety and mill production to feed businesses and farmers.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc (Hons) Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (1994)
- MSc Animal Production University of Aberdeen (1995)
- Advanced Certificate in Food Safety
- Advanced Certificate in Applied HACCP Principles
- Lead Auditor for ISO 9000:2000 (2003) and ISO 22000:2005 (2007)
- Report Writing (Intermediate) - The Expert Witness Institute
- Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance : FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
MANAGING DIRECTOR
E: victoria.phillips@apheya.com
T: 07985 467159
Anna Hardcastle, Technical Director.
Anna has worked in the feed industry for 10 years, in a busy feed mill, and latterly as a nutritionist and feed safety specialist with our company.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc (Hons) Applied Animal Behaviour and Training
- Ma in Anthrozoology University of Wales, Lampeter
- Diploma in Ruminant Nutrition Harper Adams University
- HABC level 4 Award in Food Safety
- Expert Witness Certification
- RSPH Level 3 Certificate in HACCP for Food Manufacturing
- Lead Auditor for ISO9001/2008 2012)
- Basic Principles of Rodent and Insect Control (Killgerm)
- Understanding Microbiology - Campden BRI
- Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance : FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
- ScHARR 'Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
E: anna.hardcastle@apheya.com
T: 07714 632481
LEAD AUDITOR
E: louise.rippon@apheya.com
T: 07710 123567
Louise Rippon, Lead Auditor
Louise is an experienced auditor with a background in Feed Safety auditing for a major feed compounder.
QUALIFICATIONS
- RSPH Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing
- Lead Auditor for ISO9001/2015
- Food Safety Awareness
ASSISTANT NUTRITIONIST
Katie Smith, Assistant Nutritionist
Katie works part-time at Apheya, whilst studying for her MSc in Animal Nutrition at Nottingham University. She specialises in calf nutrition and management and is working with our farmer customers on projects to reduce anti-biotic usage, improve sustainability and profitability of calf rearing.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc Hons Animal Science
- Level 3 Award in Understanding how to develop a HACCP Plan
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