DIVING DEEPER INTO THE ICMSF APPROACH TO MICROBIOLOGICAL
FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

We are pleased to announce the online LAS-ICMSF Webinar “Diving deeper into the ICMSF approach to microbiological food safety management now and in the future”, on 26th - 28th of April 2022, 9 am - 1 pm (GMT - 3). This webinar provides attendees with virtual life presentations by ICMSF speakers on current and future food safety management approaches, pre-recorded video clips on key ICMSF concepts, and interactive panel sessions at which attendees can raise questions and debate the utility of sampling and testing in food safety control (e.g., by government) and management (e.g., by industry).
The webinar will provide a unique opportunity for knowledge exchange and networking among professionals from academia, government agencies, and the food and supplies industries. The event will be in English and free of charge. Days 1 and 2 will be broadcasted on YouTube. On the day 3, the Zoom platform will be used to maximize interaction. Registered participants will receive a password for access to the webinar, and those participating in the three days of webinar will receive a certificate. Visit www.icmsf.org for more information on the Commission’s activities and for further information on this event https://mentto.com.br/ital/webinar-ital-icmsf-english-version/
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

SPEAKERS, PANELLISTS & MODERATORS

WAYNE ANDERSON
ICMSF member since 2007. Director of Food Science and Standards of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). Responsible for food safety risk assessment and regulatory science. Adjunct professor with the University College Dublin (UCD). He previously served 10 years with Unilever research and a year as technical manager with Leitrim Foods. He holds a primary degree in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in predictive food microbiology. He is a member of the UK expert Advisory Committee for the Microbiology Safety of Food (ACMSF) and has also worked with WHO/FAO on several expert consultations. A fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology Ireland (IFSTI) and a fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology UK (IFST).
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LUCIA ANELICH
ICMSF member since 2005. Director of Anelich Consulting, South Africa, focused on food safety consulting and training business, being instrumental in assisting industry and government. She spent 25 years at Tshwane University of Technology where she was Head of Department and Associate Professor. Serves on Advisory Group for developing a strategy for the establishment of the African Union Food Safety Authority. She also serves as food hygiene technical expert on several FAO/WHO committees and consults for FAO and UNIDO.
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KIRAN BHILEGAONKAR
ICMSF member since 2011. Principal Scientist and In-charge of the Regional Center of the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He has guided several Ph.D. and Master Students and is the author/co-author of several peer-reviewed research publications and book chapters on food safety and zoonoses. Editor of Journal of Veterinary Public Health since 2008. Fellow of Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists (IAVPHS) and Associate of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India. He has been actively contributing for past several years in national and international food safety consultations as a member of scientific panels/expert committees/task force groups of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and Bureau of Indian Standards.
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ROBERT BUCHANAN
ICMSF member from 1991-2011, consultant since 2012. Professor Emeritus of Food Safety in the University of Maryland, USA. First Director of the University’s Center for Food Safety and Security Systems. Almost 50 years of experience teaching, conducting research in food safety, and working at the interface between science and public health policy, first in academia, then in government service in both USDA and FDA. Extensive experience in predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and food safety systems.
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SUCHART CHAVEN
ICMSF member since 2014. Based in New York, leads Food Safety Innovation and Food Safety Compliance strategies for PepsiCo's largest Beverage Category including partnership with Lipton and Starbucks. Additionally, Suchart provides Sr. Leadership for the PepsiCo Global Microbiology Council and sponcers Global Sustainability food safety initiatives for water reuse and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). Prior to NY, Suchart, based in Dubai, was responsible for the development of people and process capabilities and lead strategies to minimize Food Safety Risks across across Africa, Asia, China, India, and the Middle East. Suchart has over 35 years of industry experience in Food Safety, Microbiology, Quality, and R&D in multinational companies (PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Nabisco, Unilever, Rowntree Macintosh, and M&M Mars).
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MARTIN COLE
ICMSF Chair from 2000-2020; Member since 1996. He is and internationally recognized food scientist and accomplished science leader with over 20 years’ experience in research management across government, academia and industry. He was the chief of the Division of Animal, Food and Health Sciences (CAFHS) at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). His career has included research and management appointments with food companies Unilever and Nabisco. Member of IFT since 1999 and was a member of the Journal of Food Science editorial board and the Nonthermal Processing Division. Dr. Cole currently chairs the IFT Global Regulations and Policy Committee.
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PAUL COOK
ICMSF member since 2017. Currently works for the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK, as science lead in microbiological risk assessment. Closely involved with the Agency’s monitoring of foodborne disease, the assessment of microbiological food incidents and outbreaks, zoonoses, foodborne viruses and antimicrobial resistance in the food chain. Expert for various working groups/meetings of EU Scientific Committees, WHO/FAO consultations and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Member of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel on Biological Hazards, steering Committee for the Global Microbial Identifier (GMCI) and the ComBase scientific group.
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MICHELLE DANYLUK
ICMSF Treasurer since 2018 and member since 2016. Professor and Extension Specialist of Food Safety and Microbiology in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Florida (UF) in the USA. Her current interests include microbial food safety and quality, particularly of fruit juices, fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts, focusing HACCP and GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices).
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JOHN DONAGHY
ICMSF member since 2015. Head of Food Safety at Corporate Quality, Nestlé Switzerland, and current responsibilities include global operational aspects of food safety microbiology, hygiene, allergens and other prerequisite programs across factories and multiple food categories. Worked for many years as Project Leader in food safety microbiology at Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, Ireland.
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JEFF FARBER
ICMSF Treasurer 1999-2018 and member since 1998. Full Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, where he was Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety and head of the Master’s Program in Food Safety and Quality Assurance. Acted for many years as Director of the Bureau of Microbial Hazards in the Food Directorate of Health Canada, working in various areas of microbial food safety, and was instrumental in advancing the development of policy approaches on emerging microbial food safety issues in Canada and at a global level. Recently honored for his contributions to both our understanding of Listeria and the advancement of food safety, by having a new species of Listeria named after him - Listeria farberi.
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BERNADETTE DORA GOMBOSSY DE MELO FRANCO
ICMSF Member from 2000-2015, consultant since 2016. Full Professor at University of São Paulo (USP), Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition, where she performs teaching (undergraduate and graduate), research and extension activities in the area of food microbiology, food safety and food hygiene. She is the Director of the Food Research Center (FoRC) of USP.
FRANCISCO GARCÉS-VEGA
Observer member of LAS-ICMSF since 2021. Agro-industrial production engineer and master in process design and management from the Universidad de La Sabana, Bogotá-Colombia, and a Ph.D. in bio-systems engineering from Michigan State University, East Lansing-US. Research and work focused on the development and use of quantitative tools in food safety, including predictive microbiology, risk assessment, and process validation among others. Has relevant experience teaching at the graduate and postgraduate levels, research, and consulting. Currently, works as an independent consultant and lecturer at the Universidad de La Salle, Bogota-Colombia.
LEON GORRIS
ICMSF Secretary from 2007 to 2010 and from 2018 to present and member since 2001. Representing ICMSF at Codex since 2007. Free-lance food safety expert and consultant to public organizations on food safety management. Held several jobs at Unilever as food safety risk assessor, risk manager, regulations expert and as department head. Member of several international expert committees and on the JEMRA/FAO/WHO roster of experts. Part-time professorship at the University of Wageningen (past) and visiting professor at China Agricultural University, Shanghai Ocean University and University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (current).
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FUMIKO KASUGA
ICMSF member since 2003, and served as Secretary in 2011 - 2015. Global Hub Director - Japan at Future Earth, since 2015. Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan, and visiting professor under the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) at The University of Tokyo. Formerly director at the National Institute of Health Sciences, Japan, and vice-president of Science Council of Japan in charge of international activities. Past member of the International Council for Science (ICSU)'s Committee on Scientific Planning and Review. Government researcher in the field of food safety, focusing on microbiological risk assessment and epidemiology of foodborne diseases. Worked for FAO/WHO JEMRA and WHO FERG on several expert consultations.
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BOBBY KRISHNA
ICMSF member since 2020. Senior Food Safety Specialist at the Food Safety Department of Dubai Municipality since 2005. Has developed key food projects that include the design and development of Foodwatch – Dubai’s digital food safety management platform; risk-based food inspection program; Food Code, foodborne illness surveillance and investigation system, the food manager’s certification program. Has organized and managed several food safety conferences, workshops, scientific meetings, exhibitions and trainings in Dubai. Member of the International Association for Food Protection and leads the affiliate activities of IAFP in the region.
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SANTANA LEÓN
LAS-ICMSF member since 2017. Free-lance consultant and auditor on food safety management (ISO 22000, BRC), quality system management (ISO 9001), conformity assessment systems (ISO/IEC 17025, ISO IEC 17065). Expert in HACCP, quality assurance, and uncertainty in laboratory microbiological methods and risk management according to ISO 31000. Part-time professorship at the Instituto para la Calidad from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Former secretary of the CTN for quality management and food safety and current member of the CTN conformity assessment from the Normalization Directorate - INACAL-Peru
PETER MCCLURE
ICMSF member since 2011. Worked in the Institute of Food Research, at Cardiff University in the UK, in the areas of predictive modelling and microbiological food safety. Worked for Unilever for over 20 years, In 2014, joined Mondelēz International as the section manager for Food Safety for Europe and moved into the role of Principal Scientist - Microbiology. He coordinated development of microbiological safety-related programs across the regions and provided support to various R&D projects needing support on safety and to MDLZ sites for issues related to micro. safety. Member of Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food in the UK. Is a co-editor of several books on Foodborne Pathogens, and is a visiting professor at Leeds University.
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MARTA TANIWAKI
Member of the ICMSF since 2010. Scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) in Campinas, Brazil. Member of the International Commission on Food Mycology (ICFM); Brazilian delegation at the Codex Contaminants in Food (CCCF). Her major research areas are: fungi and mycotoxins in foods; biodiversity of toxigenic fungi in foods, fungal physiology and mycotoxin production, polyphasic approach to biosystematics of Aspergillus species.
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MIGUEL ZAZOPULOS GARAY
LAS-ICMSF member since 2013. Full professor of Department of Chemistry and Environment of the University of Santa María, Viña del Mar, Chile. Master in Science, Nutrition. Industrial engineer and food control technologist.
MARCEL ZWIETERING
ICMSF Chair since 2020 and member since 2005. Professor in Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Research subjects in the domain of food safety management, risk analysis, fermentation, detection and hygiene, eco-physiology and functional genomics. Editor of the International Journal of Food Microbiology and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Food Protection. Active in many national and international expert bodies, including JEMRA/FAO/WHO.
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Bernadette Franco

Past ICMSF member - University of São Paulo (USP) - Brazil

Leon Gorris

ICMSF Secretary- Food safety expert – The Netherlands

Marta H. Taniwaki

ICMSF member - Institute of Food Technology (Ital)- Brazil

Marcel Zwietering

ICMSF Chairperson - Wageningen University – The Netherlands

SUPPORTING COMMITTEE

Santana Lidia Leén Alfaro

ICMSF-LAS member - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Peru

Maria Isabel Calderon Gabaldón

ICMSF-LAS member - Universidad Central de Venezuela - Venezuela

Ana Karina Carrascal

ICMSF-LAS observer member - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana- Colombia

Janeth Luna Cortes

ICMSF-LAS member - The Food Consortium Colombia SAS - Colombia

Francisco Garcés-Vega

ICMSF-LAS observer member - Colombiabia

Cristina López

ICMSF-LAS member - Universidad de la República Uruguay – Uruguay

Silvia Raffellini

ICMSF-LAS member - Universidad Nacional de Luján – Argentina

Miguel Zazopulos

ICMSF-LAS member - Universidad Santa María - Chile

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