Harnessing Big Data in Food Safety

Dr. Farber is currently the Director of an international consulting firm, which does food safety consulting with various organizations and countries. In addition, he is a senior advisor for Index Biosystems, a Canadian biotechnology company working in the area of food traceability and authenticity. Dr. Farber is also currently an Adjunct Professor and member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario.      Dr. Rozita Dara is the Principal Investigator of Data Management and Privacy Governance research program at the University of Guelph. Her research interest includes data analytics and data governance with a focus on digital agriculture.  She current research projects include food safety, verification, and traceability including data standardization and interoperability and digital agri-food platforms.  Dr. Ronholm is an Assistant Professor in agricultural microbiology in theFaculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at McGill University. She is a William Dawson Scholar. Her research focuses on defining the composition of healthy microbiomes in livestock species and devising strategies to optimize the livestock microbiome to resist bacterial infections.

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