Dr. Markus Lipp

Dr. Markus Lipp serves as a Senior Food Safety Officer within the Food Systems and Food Safety Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, where he coordinates global chemical and microbiological risk assessments and provides scientific advice to the Codex Alimentarius. Holding a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, he brings over three decades of international experience spanning the public, private, and civil sectors—including senior roles at the European Commission, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), the International Bottled Water Association, Unilever, and Monsanto. His work focuses on regulatory science, food authenticity and fraud prevention, food safety foresight, and building national food control capacities worldwide.