An internationally known expert on food-borne disease and risk assessment, Dr. Todd is former head of MSU's National Food Safety and Toxicology Center and the Contaminated Foods Section, Bureau of Microbial Hazards Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada in Ottawa. Dr. Todd earned his doctorate degree in bacteriology from the University of Glasgow, where he was an assistant lecturer. He has been involved with the reporting and surveillance of foodborne disease, developed methods to detect E. coli 0157:H7, shiga toxin-producing E. coli and salmonella in food, estimated the number and cost of cases of food-borne disease in Canada and the United States, determined the impact of seafood toxins and developed quantitative risk assessments for pathogens in foods.

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VM 812 Food Safety Toxicology