Ewen Todd

Ewen C. D. Todd is the President of Ewen Todd Consulting and Lecturer in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University (MSU). He was former directors of the Food Safety Policy Center and the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center at MSU. At both these centers, Dr. Todd coordinated research in microbiology, toxicology, epidemiology, risk assessment, social science, and policy in the area of food safety, distance education programs, and outreach in the community. Some of the projects were on Listeria transfer coefficients on deli meats,
E. coli O157:H7 on leafy greens and modeling projects, hygiene in child care centers and elder care facilities, with colleagues at MSU and elsewhere. Before that he was in the Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, where he was a research scientist for 33 years working on methods development for pathogens in foods, foodborne disease investigation and reporting, costs and surveillance of disease, illnesses caused by seafood toxins, and risk assessment of foodborne pathogens. He has also worked on international projects with colleagues in China, Korea, Japan, Spain, Uganda, and the Middle East. His most active area as consultant is as expert witness in food poisoning cases

Recipient of the Excellence in Science Award for 1998 by Health Canada; Deputy Minister’s Award of Team Excellence for the work done in promoting the Fight BAC! Campaign in Canada; the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Gold Medal for Pure and Applied Science; and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; the International Association for Food Protection; and the MSU University Outreach & Engagement. He is a graduate of Glasgow University with a B.Sc degree in Bacteriology and a PhD degree in bacterial systematics.