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Profile

I am Regional Food safety and Quality Officer for Africa at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Regional Office for Africa (RAF), Accra, Ghana. Prior to joining RAF, I was seconded by the government of Canada to FAO, Rome, Italy to provide high-level expertise in the area of scientific advice regarding various aspects of food safety and quality.

Before joining FAO, Rome, he worked at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in the Policy and Program Branch as a national Specialist, Food Microbiology and in the Science Branch as Chief of the risk prioritization and profiling unit. I led the development of the CFIA’s risk prioritization and profiling process and the abattoir component of the Canadian Integrated Program on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS). I have a strong industry experience as the Technical Director of the Canadian Meat Council (CMC), the largest Canada’s federally registered meat packers and meat processors.

I have significant academic research and teaching experience. I started my career in 1989 as lecturer at the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and subsequently served as Invited Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, Ontario and INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec.

personal information

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Blaise OuattaraLocation: Accra, GhanaTelephone/WhatsApp: +233 26 648 2232Email: Blaise@BlaiseOuattara.com / ouattara.blaise@yahoo.frSkype: blaise.ouattara1Website: BlaiseOuattara.com

areas of expertise

  • Food Safety
  • Food Microbiology
  • Food Technology/Processing
  • Food Irradiation
  • Food Packaging
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Profiling
  • Risk Ranking/Risk Prioritization
  • GMP/GHP/HACCP
  • Capacity Developmentt
  • Teaching/Coaching
  • Food Standards
  • SPS Measures
  • Codex Alimentarius

education

Université Laval, Québec, CanadaPh.D. Food Science and Technology

1998

National Agronomy School of Toulouse, FranceDEA – Diplôme d’étude approfondie – Production animale et qualité des denrées

1989

​National Veterinary School of Toulouse, FranceCES – Certificat d’étude spécialisée – Hygiène et industries des denrées alimentaire d’origine animale.

1989

​​Inter-State School of Veterinary Medicine (EISMV), Dakar, SenegalDVM – Diploma in Veterinary Medicine

1986

experience

​Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) – Regional Office for Africa (RAF), Accra, Ghana.Food Safety and Quality Officer

2018 – Present

​Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) – HeadQuarters, Rome, Italy.Food Safety and Quality Officer – Loaned Expert from Canada

2016 – 2017

​​Canadian Food Inspection Agency – HeadQuarters, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChief, Food Safety Risk Prioritization

2013 – 2016

​Canadian Food Inspection Agency – HeadQuarters, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaActing National Manager, Food Safety Risk Prioritization and Profiling

2011 – 2013

​Canadian Food Inspection Agency – HeadQuarters, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaNational Specialist, Microbiology – Policy Development

2009 – 2011

Canadian Meat Council, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaTechnical Director

2008 – 2009

​Siomex Inc., Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, CanadaPresident / Director of R&D

2004 – 2008

Inatech International Inc., Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, CanadaDirector of R&D

2001 – 2004

INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval CanadaPostdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Associate

2001 – 2004

teaching

INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Canada.Food Safety / Food MicrobiologyFood Irradiation Technology

2010 – 2016

University of Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaFood Science

2010 – 2013

​​University Laval, Quebec, CanadaFood Microbiology

1997 – 1998

University of Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoFood TechnologyMeat InspectionAnimal infectious DiseasesFood Microbiology

2009 – 2011

SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION

African Union Commission Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA)Member of Steering Committee

2018 – Present

​National Scientific Research Group on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)Member of the research Group

2018 – Present

FAO/WHO Scientific Expert committee on the control of non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. in beef and pork – ReportMember of the Expert Committee

2015

​CFIA-USDA/FDA Scientific Research Group on Risk Assessment using FDA iRisk ToolMember of the Research Group

2011 – 2016

​​American Meat Institute Expert CommitteeMember 

2008 – 2009

​​​Scientific Publications

Invited Speaker at national and international conferences

Scientific Reviewer for International JournalsJournal of Food MicrobiologyFood Control