Prof. Gabriel O. Adegoke
Professor Adegoke is a Professor of Food Safety and Food Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has 25+ years’ experience in food quality assurance, HACCP, GAP, CODEX standards and food safety. He is a member of the CODEX Alimentarius Commission’s Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the Nigerian CODEX Technical Committee, and the World Health Organization (WHO) Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG). He has served as a Consultant for the World Health Organization on issues relating to Healthy Food Market and acrylamide. Prof. Adegoke was part of the team that introduced the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to Nigeria in 1996.
Prof. Adegoke has authored and co-authored over 100 refereed publications which include 3 books and 6 book chapters. He has won numerous fellowships which have enabled him to conduct pre-doctoral and postdoctoral research works in several countries across the globe. He is a member of the editorial boards of 10 different journals with high impact factors and is a reviewer for over 20 different journals.
Professor Adegoke received his PhD in Food Microbiology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology.