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STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND
ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)
Harrie van den Bijgaart,
ISO/IDF
Harrie van den Bijgaart (1958) studied Food Science and Technology at Wageningen Agricultural
University. In 1988, he obtained his PhD degree from the same university for a thesis on the
syneresis of rennet-induced milk gels. Since 1987 he has held positions in Dutch dairy quality
assurance. At present he is working as Operations Manager at the Qlip laboratory in Zutphen.
During the years he has been active in the national and international harmonization of methods
of analysis and sampling for milk and milk products. He has acted as a project leader in the
development of several ISO/IDF standards. He presently chairs the Dutch NEN Committee, CEN
TC/302, ISO/TC 34/SC 5 and the IDF Methods Standards Steering Group on methods of analysis
and sampling of milk and milk products.