Dr Ivan Nastasijević is a senior food safety scientist with diversified experience related to applied research, teaching and meat industry extension program, in particular related to risk-based food safety management system systems (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points/HACCP), meat inspection, Longitudinally Integrated Safety Assurance (LISA), detection and control of zoonotic food (meat) borne pathogens, risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. Dr Nastasijević gained his experience in laboratory settings (Institute for Meat Hygiene and Technology, Serbia and US Meat Animal Research Center “Roman L. Hruska”, Nebraska), food safety and public health policy development and capacity building at international level (WHO Regional Office for Europe/WHO EURO), Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE)/European Union of Veterinary Hygienists (UEVH) and teaching at university (Metropolitan University of Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Central Lancashire, UK; University of Catania, Italy; University of Parma, Italy). Dr Nastasijević has specific professional experience in design and optimization of risk-based food safety management system, integrated meat safety assurance from farm to fork and risk mitigation strategies tailored for control of food borne hazards of major public health importance. His current research interest is related to improvement and optimization of risk-based meat inspection and development of practical and reliable tools (biosensors) which will support risk categorization of abattoirs based on Harmonized Epidemiological Indicators (HEIs) and Food Chain Information (FCI) within integrated meat safety assurance system, in farm-abattoir continuum (from farm to chilled carcass).