Samuel Godefroy

Samuel Godefroy is a Full Professor of Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Systems at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. Before Joining «Université Laval» in the fall of 2015, Dr. Godefroy completed a secondment with the World Bank’s Global Food Safety Partnership where he was in charge of Strategic Development and Engagement. Under his leadership, this public-private partnership developed and adopted its 2015-2020 strategy, to guide its actions in food safety capacity building globally. Dr. Godefroy assumed senior food regulatory positions at the executive level with Health Canada for over 10 years, including the position of Director General of Health Canada’s Food Directorate, the Federal food standard setting organization in Canada from 2009 to 2015. Samuel served as Vice Chair of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international food standard setting body from 2011 to 2014. During his tenure, Samuel led the development and facilitated t