Food & Beverages

Biography

Professor Alan Reilly is the former Chief Executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Adjunct Professor at the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science and the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. A graduate of University College, Dublin and of Brunel University, UK, he has worked for over 40 years in the area of food safety. Before joining the FSAI in 1999, he worked in the Food Safety Programme of the World Health Organization in Geneva. He has worked at the Natural Resources Institute of the University of Greenwich, UK, and as a visiting associate professor at the College of Fisheries, University of the Philippines. He is a former member of the Advisory Forum of the European Food Safety Authority and a former Board Member of the Irish National Accreditation Board. He is the chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Food Information Council. He acts as an adviser to national and international food safety organisations such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other international agencies. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the WHO/FAO International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN). He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology and a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology of Ireland.

Research Interest

Food Safety