Professor Jeffrey LeJeune

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Jeffrey LeJeune serves as Food Safety and Quality Officer, in the Food Safety and Quality Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). His research has primarily focused on understanding the ecological mechanisms involved with the survival, dissemination, and prevention pathogen contamination of food, notably that caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and antimicrobial resistant bacteria. His veterinary training was completed in Canada (UPEI), at the University of Prince Edward Island and his PhD at Washington State University. Before moving to FAO he served as a Professor of Food Safety and Program head at the Food Animal Health Research Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University.

 

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