Dr Samuel GODEFROY

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. Dr. Godefroy has over 25 years’ experience in food regulatory science and policy including 15 years, at the Executive level leading food regulatory teams and organizations at Health Canada. Prof. Godefroy was elected and serves as President of the International Union of Food Science and Technology IUFoST for the period 2024-2026.

Prof. Godefroy is the founder and the current president of the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS), a disciplinay group of IUFoST aiming to promote food regulatory science disciplines at the international level.

Samuel is currently Full Professor of Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Policies at Laval University, in Quebec City, Canada and is leading the development of a Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), hosted by the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) of Université Laval.

Prof. Godefroy currently serves as a senior food science and regulatory expert on a number of advisory bodies and committees domestically and internationally, including on the International Advisory Committee of the China Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA). Prof. Godefroy also serves as a strategic and operational advisor to international food safety capacity building initiatives focused on regulatory enhancement, implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Bank.