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Full Professor, Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Policies, Laval University, President Elect 2024-26, International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), President and COO, Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS)
Laval University, Canada
Samuel Godefroy is the former Director General of Health Canada’s Food Directorate, Canada’s Food Standard Setting body and a former Vice Chair of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission. Samuel is currently Full Professor of Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Policies in the Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada and is leading the development of a Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (FRAREP), hosted by the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) of Université Laval.
Prof. Godefroy is the founder and the current president of the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS), a non-for-profit organization, aiming to promote food regulatory science disciplines at the international level.
Prof. Godefroy is also the President Elect of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) 2024-2026.
Dr. Godefroy assumed senior food regulatory positions at the executive level with Health Canada for over 15 years.
Samuel has over 2 decades of experience in food regulatory development with a strong emphasis on capacity building and enhancement of food regulatory programs.
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Canada’s novel food regulations: overview, safety assessment and considerations for modernization
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
4:25 PM – 4:50 PM EDT