Jeffrey Farber is director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety (CRIFS) at the University of Guelph and coordinator for the Food Safety and Quality Assurance graduate program. Farber comes to the university from Health Canada, where he was director of the Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate in the Health Products and Food Branch. His research interests and expertise focus on foodborne pathogens in relation to meat, dairy, seafood and produce safety. Farber has edited four books, and produced around 150 publications.