GFHS Distinguished Speaker Series: Safety and Quality of the Food Supply
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Guelph Family Health Study Distinguished Speaker Seires: Safety and Quality of the Food Supply
Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 1 to 2 p.m., following by a Q&A with students from 2 to 2:30 p.m.
Stephen Norman is the Director of the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences in Health Canada’s Food Directorate, where he oversees three divisions responsible for nutrition research, regulations and standards, and premarket assessment. He joined the Pesticides Directorate of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in 1995 and worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in various roles from 2001 to 2018, including as laboratory director, and overseeing national food laboratory operations and surveillance. Stephen joined the Food Directorate in January 2019 as Director of the Bureau of Chemical Safety then moved to the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences in 2021. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Guelph in 1994.