Dr. Jeff Farber

Adjunct Professor · University of Guelph · company speakers →

Dr. Jeff Farber is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario. He currently co-supervises a number of students, and provides general guidance and advice in the area of food safety. Dr. Farber is also President of an international consulting firm, which does consulting with various organizations and countries on issues related to microbial food safety, as well as an Advisor for Index Biosystems, a Canadian biotechnology company. Dr. Farber most recently was employed as a 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 previous to that, he was the Director of the Bureau of Microbial Hazards, in the Food Directorate of Health Canada, where he led a group of about 60 people working in the areas of food safety research, risk assessment, policy, risk management and risk communication. Dr. Farber is a Past-President of the International Association for Food Protection, and has over 35 years of experience working in the food safety area. Dr. Farber has received numerous personal and team awards, most recently in 2020, winning 3 awards from the International Association for Food Protection, and being nominated as a Fellow for The International Union of Food Science and Technology. In 2009, he won one of the highest awards presented to Federal Public Health Officials, the Prime Minister’s Outstanding Achievement Award, for his work as the lead scientist for Health Canada on the deli-meat listeriosis outbreak.

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