BIOHAZ

The Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) provides scientific advice on biological hazards in relation to food safety and food-borne diseases. This covers animal diseases transmissible to humans; transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; food microbiology; food hygiene and associated waste management issues.
BIOHAZ Panel Members are scientists from across Europe with expertise in:
- Epidemiology of food borne zoonoses (Salmonella, Campylobacter, etc)
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Processing of animal by-products
- Food-borne viruses
- Meat inspection in all food-producing species
- Food hygiene and microbiology
- Microbiological criteria
- Biological risks ;associated with composite products, and with fresh produce;
- Decontamination of meat carcasses (antimicrobial treatments)
- Quantitative microbiological risk assessment
- TSEs (epidemiology, pathology, diagnostic, exposure assessment).
Panel members
Mitglieder des BIOHAZ-Gremiums, 2018-2021. Zu den Interessenerklärungen und Lebensläufen.
| Name | Rolle |
|---|---|
| Allende, Ana | Stellvertretende Vorsitzende |
| Alvarez-Ordóñez, Avelino | Mitglied |
| Bolton, Declan Joseph | Mitglied |
| Bover-Cid, Sara | Mitglied |
| Chemaly, Marianne | Mitglied |
| De Cesare, Alessandra | Mitglied |
| Herman, Lieve Maria | Stellvertretende Vorsitzende |
| Hilbert, Friederike | Mitglied |
| Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos Panagiotis | Vorsitzender |
| Lindqvist, Roland | Mitglied |
| Nauta, Maarten | Mitglied |
| Peixe, Luisa | Mitglied |
| Ru, Giuseppe | Mitglied |
| Simmons, Marion | Mitglied |
| Skandamis, Panagiotis | Mitglied |
| Suffredini, Elisabetta | Mitglied |
Previous panel members
The Declarations of Interests and CVs of previous Panel members are available upon request.
2015-2018
- Ana Allende, Mitglied
- Declan Bolton, Mitglied
- Marianne Chemaly, Mitglied
- Robert Davies, Mitglied
- Pablo Salvador Fernandez Escamez, Mitglied
- Rosina Girones, Mitglied
- Lieve Herman, Mitglied
- Konstantinos Panagiotis Koutsoumanis, Stellvertretende Vorsitzende
- Roland Lindqvist, Mitglied
- Birgit Nørrung, Stellvertretende Vorsitzende
- Antonia Ricci, Vorsitzender
- Lucy Robertson, Mitglied
- Giuseppe Ru, Mitglied
- Moez Sanaa, Mitglied
- Marion Simmons, Mitglied
- Panagiotis Skandamis, Mitglied
- Emma Snary, Mitglied
- Niko Speybroeck, Mitglied
- Benno Ter Kuile, Mitglied
- John Threlfall, Mitglied
- Helene Wahlström, Mitglied
2009-2012
- John D. Collins, Chair from June 2009 to Jan 2011 - (Prof. Collins died on 25 April 2012)
- Birgit Norrung, Chair from March 2011 to June 2012, Vice-chair from June 2009 to January 2011
- Herbert Budka, Vice-chair from March 2011 to June 2012 and from June 2009 to January 2011
- John Sofos, Vice-chair from March 2011 to June 2012
- Olivier Andreoletti
- Sava Buncic
- John Griffin
- Tine Hald
- Arie Havelaar
- James Hope
- Günter Klein
- Kostas Koutsoumanis, from May 2011 to June 2012
- Winy Messens, from June 2009 to July 2010
- James McLauchlin
- Christine Müller-Graf
- Christophe Nguyen The
- Luísa Peixe
- Miguel Prieto Maradona
- Antonia Ricci
- John Threlfall
- Ivar Vågsholm
- Emmanuel Vanopdenbosch
