> Membership
Leon Gorris, Tom Ross, Morrie Potter, Jean-Louis Cordier, Marcel Zwietering and Anna Lammerding. (Middle): Bruce Tompkin, Paul Teufel, Bernadette Franco, Russ Flowers, Martin Cole and Bob Buchanan. (Front): Ratih Dewanti, Katie Swanson, Lone Gram, Jeff Farber, Wayne Anderson, Xiumei Liu, Fumiko Kasuga. (Not pictured: Lucia Anelich).
At the end of 2007, ICMSF membership consisted of 18 food microbiologists and related experts from 13 countries. At the 2007 ICMSF Annual Meeting held in Singapore, Paul Teufel, a long-term Commission member retired from the ICMSF after many years of dedicated contributions and three new members were welcomed to the commission (Tom Ross, Australia; Ratih Dewanti, Indonesia; Wayne Anderson, Ireland). Sadly, Susanne Dahms who had supported the work of the Commission with her great expertise in mathematics and statistics, passed away in 2007.
In addition to global diversity, ICMSF's members' professional food safety expertise is also wide-ranging, including research, product and process development, public health, agriculture, food technology, quality control, and education. Members of ICMSF have participated in many expert Codex Alimentarius working groups and FAO/WHO meetings and consultations. Through the many contributions of its current and past members, the Commission has attained a high and valued profile with many organizations, including the named intergovernmental organizations.
The ICMSF has established three regional Subcommissions-Latin American, South-East Asian and China/North-East Asian-all of which follow the operating principles of the ICMSF while addressing microbiological problems specific to those regions.
The ICMSF is also assisted by consultants, specialists in particular areas of microbiology and critical to the success of the Commission. New members and consultants are selected for their expertise, not as national delegates or as representatives of their employers. All work is voluntary without fees or honoraria.
Dr. Martin Cole
Chairman since 2000; Member since 1996; Consultant 1994
National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST)
Illinois Institute of Technology
6502 S. Archer Road
Summit-Argo, Illinois 60501
United States
Office Phone: :+1 708 563 1577
Office Fax: +1 708 563 1873
cole@iit.edu
Prof. Leon G. M. Gorris
Secretary since 2007, Member since 2001; Consultant 2000
Safety & Environmental Assurance Centre
Unilever
Colworth House
Sharnbrook (Bedford) MK44 1LQ
England (UK)
Office Phone: +44 (1234) 264 798
Office Fax: +44 (1234) 264 929
leon.gorris@unilever.com
leon.gorris@wur.nl
Dr. Jeffrey M. Farber
Treasurer since 1999; Member since 1998
Health Canada
Food Directorate, Bureau of Microbial Hazards
Banting Research Centre
Postal Locator 2203G3, Tunney’s Pasture
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OL2
Canada
Office Phone: +1 (613) 957 08 80
Office Fax: +1 (613) 954 11 98
jeff_farber@hc-sc.gc.ca
Prof. Lucia Anelich
Member since 2005; Consultant 2004
Manager: Food Safety Initiative
Consumer Goods Council of South Africa
P O Box 41417,
2024 Craighall,
South Africa
la@cgcsa.co.za
Dr. Wayne Anderson
Member since 2007, Consultant 2006
Chief, Specialist in Food Science
Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Abbey Court
Lower Abbey Street
Dublin 1
Ireland
wanderson@fsai.ie
Dr. Robert L. Buchanan
Member since 1991; Consultant 1990
Director, Center for Food Systems Safety and Security
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Maryland
0119 Symons Hall
College Park, MD 20742
United States
rbuchanan@umd.edu
Dr. Jean-Louis Cordier
Member since 1997; Consultant 1992, 1994, 1996
Operations/Quality & Safety
Avenue Reller 22
Rel 301-10
CH-1800 Vevey
Switzerland
jean-louis.cordier@nestle.com
Dr. Ratih Dewanti-Hariyadi
Member from 2007, Consultant 2004, 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology Faculty
Bogor Agricultural University
Jalan Raflesia Raya 20
Taman Yasmin Sektor 2
Bogor 16310
Indonesia
rdewantih@yahoo.com
Dr. Russell S. Flowers
Member since 1996; Consultant 1995
Silliker Group Corp.
900 Maple Road
Homewood, IL 80430
United States
russ.flowers@silliker.com
Prof. Bernadette D. G. M. Franco
Member since 2000; Consultant 1998, 1999
Universidade de São Paulo
Faculdade de Ciencias, Farmaceuticas
Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 580
05508-900-São Paulo-SP
Brazil
bfranco@usp.br
Prof. Lone Gram
Secretary 2003-2006; Member since 1998; Consultant 1997
Danish Institute for Fisheries Research
Department of Seafood Research
Søltofts Plads
DTU Bldg. 221
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
gram@aqua.dtu.dk
Dr. Fumiko Kasuga
Member since 2003; Consultant 2002
Division of Biomedical Food Research
National Institute of Health Sciences
1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku
Tokyo 158-8501
Japan
kasuga@nihs.go.jp
Dr. Anna M. Lammerding
Member since 1998; Consultant 1996, 1997
Food Safety Risk Assessment Unit
Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses
Public Health Agency of Canada
160 Research Lane, Unit 206
Guelph, Ontario N1G 5B2
Canada
anna_lammerding@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Dr. Morris Potter
Member since 2003; Consultant 2002
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition,
Food and Drug Administration
60 Eighth Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
United States
mpotter@cfsan.fda.gov
Dr. Katherine M.J. Swanson
Member since 2001, Consultant 2000
Ecolab
840 Sibley Memorial Highway
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
United States
katie.swanson@ecolab.com
Dr. Tom Ross
Member since 2007, Consultant 2006
University of Tasmania
Department of Agricultural Science
Box 252C, G.P.O.
Hobart Tasmania
Australia 7001
Tom.Ross@utas.edu.au
Dr. Xiumei Liu
Member since 2004, Consultant 2003
Lead Scientist for Food Safety
Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, China CDC
29 Nan Wei Road
Beijing
P.R. China
liuxm@chinacdc.net.cn
Prof. Marcel Zwietering
Member since 2005, Consultant 2003
Laboratory of Food Microbiology
Agrotechnology and Food Sciences Group
Wageningen University
P.O. Box 8129
6700 EV Wageningen
The Netherlands
marcel.zwietering@wur.nl
