IAFP award for Bob Buchanan

22 June 2020

Congratulations to retired ICMSF member Robert Buchanan who received the IAFP Fellow Award at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2020 annual meeting held from 25 to 28 October in Cleveland, Ohio.

The IAFP Fellow Award is awarded to professionals who have contributed to the IAFP and its affiliates with distinction over an extended period of time.

Robert Buchanan, is a retired Professor of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland in the United States. Watch his personalised award video.

Read the IAFP media release to find out more about the awards and other recipients.

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The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF, the Commission) was formed in 1962 through the action of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, a committee of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). Through the IUMS, the ICMSF is linked to the International Union of Biological Societies (IUBS) and to the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations.