Food Technical Board

Members of the Technical Board

The Technical Board for the Food Industry is composed of some twenty experts who participate in the examination of validation dossiers for alternative methods of analysis in food microbiology. They represent different groups: method manufacturers, method users and technical organizations. Their role is to vote, under the aegis of AFNOR Certification, on the performance of an alternative method compared to a reference method in terms of accuracy and precision. Members are nominated by AFNOR Certification and selected for their expertise in the field of food microbiology. Their complementary skills enable them to validate, renew and extend the field of application of alternative methods proposed by manufacturers, to a high standard.

Chairman’s office

Abdelkader Boubetra

Abdelkader Boubetra, chairman

BIPEA

Scientific and Technical Manager

Françoise Le Nestour

François Le Nestour, vice-chairman

MICROSEPT

Laboratory Manager

“Method manufacturers” college

Florence Gorse

Florence Gorse

BioMérieux

ISO Validation Manager

Yannick BIchot

Yannick Bichot

BIO-RAD

Business Unit Marketing Manager

Salman Zeitouni

Salman Zeitouni

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Global Product Manager

Danièle Sohier

Danièle Sohier

HYGIENA

Director, Scientific Affairs & Market Development

Frédéric Martinez

Frédéric Martinez

Neogen Europe Ltd

Director of Scientific and Strategic Affairs

Frédéric Pastori

Fréderic Pastori

Millipore Sigma

Global Product Manager Food and Beverage Safety

Natacha Gentien

Natacha Gentien

SOLABIA SAS

Microbiology engineer

Baptiste Lamarre

Shimadzu Corporation Europe

Business Development Manager

“Method users” college

Delphine Larose

Delphine Larose

Actalia Cécalait

Method Validation Project Manager – Microbiology

Christelle Raffin

Christelle Raffin

Eurofins Laboratoires Microbiologie Ouest

Eurofins Laboratories Microbiology West

Antoine Stevens

Lactalis R&D

Agri-food laboratory manager Quality/metrology manager

Catherine Desfargues

Catherine Desfargues

Agrolab’s

Microbiology technical manager

Stéphanie Rotily-Forcioli

Stéphanie Rotily-Forcioli

INOVALYS

Microbiology Department Manager

Alizée Guérin

Alizée Guérin

SOREDAB SAS

Pathogen microbiology safety research engineer

Françoise Le Nestour

François Le Nestour

MICROSEPT

Laboratory Manager

“Technical organizations” college

Astrid Cariou

Astrid Cariou

ADRIA

Alternative methods validation manager

Muriel Guyard

Muriel Guyard

ANSES Laboratoire de Ploufragan – Plouzané – Niort

Research Project Manager

Valérie Bardin

Valérie Bardin

LGC Standard

Global Product Manager

Valérie Gaudin

Valérie Gaudin

ANSES Laboratoire de Fougères

Research engineer

Abdelkader Boubetra

Abdelkader Boubetra

BIPEA

Scientific and Technical Manager