SPIFAN SP Meeting September 17, 2016

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.