G. J. Benoit Gnonlonfin

Gbemenou Joselin Benoit Gnonlonfin is currently ECOWAS-USAID Senior SPS standards advisor. Previously, he worked as a research scientist at Benin’s National Agricultural Research Institute for 10 years. He has been a consultant/expert in the African Union Inter-Bureau on Animal Resources (AU/IBAR) and on AU food safety and Codex projects. His experience includes capacity building, risk assessment and project development. He is a member of the Joint FAO/WHO Experts on Food Additives and Contaminants. He has a Masters in microbiology from the University of Botswana, and a PhD in food safety from the University of Copenhagen.