Dr Francisco Garcés-Vega

Current ICMSF member

Food Safety Consultant, Cali Colombia

Member since 2025 | Consultant 2024

Dr Francisco Garcés-Vega is an independent food safety consultant based in Cali Colombia. He got a bachelor’s degree in Agro-Industrial Production Engineering from Universidad de La Sabana (Bogotá, Colombia) and has a PhD in Biosystems Engineering form Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI). Francisco has been active as researcher, consultant for local and foreign institutions, and as lecturing professor in topics related to microbial food safety. He is also an active member of the Latin American Sub-Commission of ICMSF, the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), and the Colombian Association of Food Science and Technology (ACTA).

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The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF, the Commission) was formed in 1962 through the action of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, a committee of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). Through the IUMS, the ICMSF is linked to the International Union of Biological Societies (IUBS) and to the World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations.