Newswise — Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety (CRIFS) at the University of Guelph and Coordinator for the Food Safety and Quality Assurance graduate program.

Area of Research -

applied food microbiology fish and seafood safety meat, dairy, produce safety risk assessment risk communications

Former director of Health Canada’s Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Jeff Farber was the Listeria expert who played a major role in leading the organization’s efforts in dealing with the 2008 crisis in which 24 people died.

Learn more at http://www.news.uoguelph.ca/2016/05/listeria-outbreaks-real-growing-threat-says-guelph-food-scientist/

- HD Broadcast studio available on U of G campus; ISDN studio also available