SPIFAN Meeting (March 15, 2016)

STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)

Jaap Evers, International Dairy Federation (IDF)

Dr. Jaap Evers has 30 years of combined experience in analytical R&D and methodology development, quality assurance, global harmonisation of analytical standards and regulatory advocacy. He started his career in 1984 as a research chemist in an industrial laboratory in the Netherlands and joined the New Zealand dairy sector in 1988 where he had several senior technical, R&D and managerial roles. As from 1 March 2015, he holds two 0.5 FTE roles, i.e. Senior Regulatory Manager – Global Standards in Fonterra’s corporate

regulatory team, and Global Dairy Sector Leader – Standards for the International Dairy Federation. Both roles focus strongly on international harmonization of standards affecting the global dairy sector.