Team: Dr. Manfred Lützow
Director of saqual GmbH
Wettingen
(since 2004)
- Provision of advice on food safety related issues, policies
- and strategies
- Expert for the safety assessment of food additives, feed additives, foods, and feed ingredients (invited by EFSA)
- Project management and evaluation (over 120 successfully completed projects in feed, food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals: REACH)
- Dossiers for pre-market authorization
- Assignments with FAO and WTO on projects and capacity building
Nutrition Officer (P4/P5) with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome
(2001 - 2004)
- FAO Joint Secretary of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives(JECFA)
- Joint management of JECFA together with the WHO Joint Secretary at the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
- Co-ordination with the Codex Alimentarius Secretariat and several Codex Committees
- Co-editor for the JECFA publications
- Focal point at FAO for the risk assessment of food additives, flavours, contaminants, toxins and residues of veterinary drugs
Senior Manager Regulatory Affairs & Senior Sales Manager with Dolder AG
Basel
(1999 - 2001)
- Implementation of "right first time" project management for the preparation and submission of registration dossiers for active pharmaceutical ingredients and generic human medicinal products
- Development and supervision of a document management system for registration documents
- Marketing of registration dossiers and pharmaceutical licenses to European customers
- Member of several teams challenging and changing business strategies of the company
- Establishing together with finance and controlling functions a management and monitoring system for project costs and profitability
- Sales manager for active pharmaceutical ingredients & food ingredients for UK & Ireland
Head Regulatory Affairs Europe of Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd
Birsfelden
(1994 - 1998)
- Member of the of the management board of Roche Vitamins Europe Ltd
- Definition and implementation of European regulatory strategies for feed additives, food additives, food ingredients, veterinary products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, cosmetic ingredients
- Management of cross-functional research and regulatory projects for the registration of veterinary drugs
- Leader of two multinational regulatory affairs teams of approximately fifteen collaborators
- Crisis management for feed and food additives and veterinary drugs
- Active work in several European associations and federations (e.g. ILSI Europe, COMISA, FEDESA, FEFANA, ERNA)
Regulatory Affairs Manager Food Additives & Group Head Regulatory Affairs Food with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
(Vitamins & Fine Chemicals Division)
Basel (1990 - 1994)
- Definition and implementation of global product registration strategies for food ingredients and food additives i.e. food colours
- Contribution on an international level to the scientific discussions related to the safety assessment of food additives (ILSI Europe "Intake of Food Additives"; ToxForum Europe)
- Member of a team which assessed the requirements for the safety assessment and registration of several plant health products within the European Union and Codex Alimentarius
- Representation of the company's, industrial sector's and Swiss interests at an international level (Codex Alimentarius Commission; NATCOL, CEFIC, ELC)
- Team leader of four collaborators responsible for global regulatory affairs for food additives, vitamins, food ingredients, and pharmaceutical ingredients
- Member of the Process Change Committee (GMP, ISO)
- Responsible manager of the Drug Master File System of the V&FC Division
Studies
- Ph.D. (Natural Sciences) in Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry; Albert-Ludwig University , Freiburg/Germany (1987-1990)
- Diploma in Biology (Plant Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics, Chemistry); Albert-Ludwig University , Freiburg/Germany (1980-1987)