Last July, MicroVal announced the addition of three new members to its Technical Committee (MVTC). This month, MicroVal is pleased to welcome another new member: Stephen Antonie-Zijlstra from FrieslandCampina. With his appointment, the MVTC now comprises 29 members.
As an MVTC member, candidates are expected to have expertise in microbiological reference and alternative methods, an area where Stephen excels. He brings extensive experience in scouting, validating, and verifying various microbiological methods, as well as in assessing their performance in routine laboratory work. Additionally, he has been involved in the validation and verification of alternative methods prior to their implementation in his lab. Stephen is also an active participant in several ISO working groups and International Dairy Federation (IDF) Action Teams. The current MVTC members believe he will contribute valuable insights, particularly in the ISO 16140-2 validation studies of alternative microbiological methods.
The MVTC consists of Campden BRI (UK), Merck Life Science / MilliporeSigma (USA), Danone (France), ADRIA (France), Nestlé (Switzerland), Mérieux NutriSciences – Global (USA), Hygiena (France), bioMérieux (Spain), Q Laboratories (USA), TLR International Laboratories (The Netherlands), Laboratoire Microsept (France), Neogen Corporation (France), FDA (USA), Thermo Fisher Scientific (UK), Eurofins WFC (The Netherlands), AOAC INTERNATIONAL consultant (USA), NVWA (The Netherlands), LRQA (The Netherlands), Actalia (France), Bio-Rad Laboratories (France), IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group (USA), and FrieslandCampina (The Netherlands).
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