Lucia AnelichProfessor Lucia Anelich has a PhD in microbiology and is currently the managing director of her own food safety training
and consulting business, Anelich Consulting, which she started in 2011. Prior to that, she spent 5 years at the
Consumer Gods Council of South Africa where she established and headed up a food safety body for the food industry,
a first for the country, until 2010. Before joining the CGCSA, she spent 25 years in academia at the Tshwane
University of Technology where she was the head of Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology and associate
professor. She is a member of the International Commission on the Microbiological Specifications for Food (ICMSF),
fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology, past chair of the Scientific Council of IUFoST,
immediate past chair of the Food Hygiene Committee of the South African Bureau of Standards, and immediate past
president of the South African Association for Food Science and Technology. She is an adjunct professor at the Central
University of Technology, South Africa and is currently a food safety expert for the African Union (AU) and a member
of the advisory group establishing the AU Food Safety Authority. Read More Read Less