Food Safety Specialist Keya Mukherjee honoured by alma mater for her work at FAO

Last week, Keya Mukherjee was among three former students of the Texas A&M University, United States of America, to receive an Outstanding Early Career Alumni Award by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. This award, established in 2012, recognizes former students who have made exceptional contributions in their career within 15 years of graduation. Mukherjee graduated with a PhD in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University in 2018. The call for nominees attracts candidates from across the United States of America and beyond, and the selection is made through a long, rigorous process.

Mukherjee coordinates the FAO Food Systems and Food Safety division's work on Food Safety Foresight, where she uses "futures thinking" to identify and evaluate new trends and drivers that have impacts on the global agrifood landscape, with particular emphasis on food safety. She is also part of the FAO Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), a body that provides independent scientific advice on food additives, veterinary drugs and contaminants to different Codex Alimentarius committees and FAO Members.

Congratulations, Keya!

Read more about the Texas A&M AgriLife award here

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