Food Safety Expert In Surveillance, Outbreak Investigation, Prevention and Control Strategies, Risk Management, and Consumer Behavior

Technical Consultant #1873

Health hazards of ready-to-eat foods.
Standards for poultry processing.
Harmonization of food safety regulations.
Food safety policy.
Significance of temperature for microbial growth in foods.
Canned food methodology and post process leakage.
Outbreaks of botulism in northern communities.
Detection of foodborne pathogens in various foods.
Epidemiology of disease and costs caused by seafood toxins (PSP, DSP, domoic acid, ciguatera, tetramine).
Dose-response and detection of seafood toxins.
Surveillance and economics of foodborne disease.
Foodborne and waterborne disease outbreak investigation and reporting.
Risk assessment of foodborne disease in pathogen food combinations, e.g., E. coli O157 in hamburgers, Salmonella Enteritidis in eggs, E. coli O157:H7 in lettuce, L. monocytogenes in cabbage and ready-to-eat foods, and Vibrio vulnificus in oysters.
Transfer coefficients for Listeria and E. coli O157:H7.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) systems.
Aquaculture food safety issues.
The spread of foodborne infections by food workers.
Hand hygiene.
Consumer perceptions and behavior on food safety issues.

Expert Witness Experience

Served in 22 cases as expert witness with 13 cases settled, subjugated a Daubert judgment as an expert witness in an appeal to which the case was settled.

Undisclosed Company, Owner, 2011 - Present

Health Canada, Health Protection Branch, Ottawa, Canada, 1968 - 2001

University of Glasgow, Department of Bacteriology, 1965 - 1968

Positions Held

Academic and Professional Affiliations

Chairman, Research Scientists Group (SE-RES) and Research Group (RE), Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada.
MSU University Outreach & Engagement Directors' Advisory Team
Director, National Alliance for Food Safety and Security (NAFSS) Center for Risk Analysis and Policy
NSF Council of Public Health Consultants (NSF International, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Associate Editor, Journal of Food Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
Editorial Advisory Board for Encyclopedia of Food Safety, Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Editor in chief, Encyclopedia of Food Safety, Elsevier, Oxford, UK
International Association for Food Protection, Honorary Life Membership

Awards

Citation Award from the International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians for many years of devotion to the ideals of the Association.
Distinctive Service Award for extraordinary teamwork and support to the Science and Technology Community (management of human resources in the Canadian federal government science departments), Ottawa.
Excellence in Science Award - the first to be awarded by Health Canada
Deputy Minister's Award of Team Excellence - for the work done in promoting the 'Fight BAC!' campaign in Canada
International Association for Food Protection Fellows Award Minneapolis
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Gold Medal for Pure and Applied Science (awarded to one scientist in a government department every second year).
NSF International Lifetime Achievement Award

Publications and Patents

Author of more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and 52 book chapters, contributed to 62 national and international reports, and developed 11 laboratory methods.
400 national and international presentations on food safety research at industry conferences and regulatory meetings.