Hans Verhagen
Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy
Prof Dr Hans Verhagen has over 42 years of experience in food safety and nutrition. He is a certified toxicologist and nutritionist. He worked at Universities (Nijmegen, Maastricht, Ulster, Copenhagen), in contract research (TNO), in industry (Unilever), for the national government (RIVM), and EFSA from 2015-2020. From 2006-2015 he was a member of the EFSA-NDA panel, working on health claims and novel foods. He is a professor at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland – since 2009) and at the Technical University Denmark (DTU, Denmark – since 2021). Since 2020, he is owner and consultant of Food Safety & Nutrition Consultancy in the Netherlands (https://www.fsnconsultancy.nl/).
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Alternative Proteins: Challenges and Opportunities for Food Safety (Novel Foods) and Health and Nutrition Claims22-Sep-2026Insights and Trends main stage