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Expert B. Expert provided technical expert advice to South African fruit, vegetable, and meat canners for eight years on can type product compatibility, heat penetration studies, solving spoilage problems, researching the detinning rates of various foods in unlacquered cans, and conducting in-can shelf life studies. He managed a fruit and vegetable cannery in summer and a tomato concentrate cannery in winter months over four seasons. He gained wide experience and in-depth knowledge in all of the above related fields during his 43 years of experience in a management position.

Expert lectured Food Engineering in the National Diploma and B.Tech programs of Food Technology at Cape Technikon (now Cape Peninsula University of Technology) in South Africa.

Expert consulted to a commercial food irradiating concern, conducting required research and industrial trials on the pathogenic elimination and shelf life enhancement of refrigerated and frozen chicken and egg products, on refrigerated hake and line fish, spices, and other foods requiring such treatment for pathogenic safety.

Expert consulted to a packaging group and the Atomic Energy Commission developing food products packed and sterilized in retort pouches for supplying armed forces during the Angolan war. Gamma irradiation was used for sterilization.

Expert is a graduate in the sciences of food preservation. He spent his total career in supervisory positions ensuring the correct application of scientific principle.

Expert had responsibility for many food and food packaging testing laboratories during his career. He was involved in testing for conformation to standards of a wide range of foods, training students in food analyses. He has also directed research testing for pesticide residues.

Expert consulted to a major fruit canner exporting 90% of its product to Europe. He advised on processing techniques, quality related, and product constituent and residue matters. He obtained his D.Tech degree on a thesis entitled "A Computer-Aided System for the Selection of Sieve Diameters to Size Sort Cling Peach Halves for Canning."

Expert was National Quality Assurance manager for Nestle South Africa with 14 food plants over a 10-year period. This involved responsibility for quality assurance systems and quality control testing at each plant. There were: milk powder baby foods, four plants; condensed milk and sweetened condensed milk, three plants; yogurt, one plant; milk powder-base baby food cereals, one plant; milk chocolate, one plant; processed cheese, one plant. The remaining three plants produced non-dairy products like instant coffee, instant soups, salad dressings, sandwich spreads, and condiments.