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
BIOHAZ Panel Members, 2018-2021. View Declarations of Interests and CVs.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Allende, Ana | Vice-Chair |
| Alvarez-Ordóñez, Avelino | Member |
| Bolton, Declan Joseph | Member |
| Bover-Cid, Sara | Member |
| Chemaly, Marianne | Member |
| Davies, Robert | Member |
| De Cesare, Alessandra | Member |
| Herman, Lieve Maria | Vice-Chair |
| Hilbert, Friederike | Member |
| Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos Panagiotis | Chair |
| Lindqvist, Roland | Member |
| Nauta, Maarten | Member |
| Peixe, Luisa | Member |
| Ru, Giuseppe | Member |
| Simmons, Marion | Member |
| Skandamis, Panagiotis | Member |
| Suffredini, Elisabetta | Member |
Previous panel members
The Declarations of Interests and CVs of previous Panel members are available upon request.
2015-2018
- Ana Allende, Member
- Declan Bolton, Member
- Marianne Chemaly, Member
- Robert Davies, Member
- Pablo Salvador Fernandez Escamez, Member
- Rosina Girones, Member
- Lieve Herman, Member
- Konstantinos Panagiotis Koutsoumanis, Vice-Chair
- Roland Lindqvist, Member
- Birgit Nørrung, Vice-Chair
- Antonia Ricci, Chair
- Lucy Robertson, Member
- Giuseppe Ru, Member
- Moez Sanaa, Member
- Marion Simmons, Member
- Panagiotis Skandamis, Member
- Emma Snary, Member
- Niko Speybroeck, Member
- Benno Ter Kuile, Member
- John Threlfall, Member
- Helene Wahlström, Member
2012-2015
- John Griffin, Chair from March 2014, Vice-chair from July 2012 to March 2014
- John Sofos, Chair from July 2012 to March 2014
- Arie Havelaar, Vice-chair
- Paul Cook, Vice-chair from March 2014
- Olivier Andreoletti
- Dorte Lau Baggesen
- Declan Bolton
- Patrick Butaye
- Robert Davies
- Pablo S. Fernández Escámez
- Tine Hald
- Kostas Koutsoumanis
- Roland Lindqvist
- James McLauchlin
- Truls Nesbakken
- Miguel Prieto Maradona
- Antonia Ricci
- Giuseppe Ru
- Moez Sanaa
- Marion Simmons
- John Threlfall
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
