Pamina-Mika Suzuki

European Commission
Brussels Belgium

Biographical Sketch: Pamina Mika SUZUKI is a policy officer dealing with food microbiological risks in the Food Hygiene Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). Graduated in Biology Applied to Nutritional Science in Milan in 2012, she joined DG SANTE in 2013. She is currently desk officer for microbiological criteria, molecular typing projects, crisis preparedness and coordination of multinational foodborne outbreaks, with experience in EU food law and AMR monitoring. She recently coordinated the extensive 2016 Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 8 outbreak investigation, which concerned 18 European and 12 non-European countries.

Papers:
Integration of Genomics Technologies in the Management of Food Safety and Outbreaks in Europe