Angela Tellez-Lance
PhD
Research Lead, Senior Food Safety Expert
As the Research Lead, Senior Food Safety Expert, with FBIC, Angela works closely with FBIC and industry partners using applied research to help them in resolving complex problems, reviewing the safety and regulatory compliance of new products, implementing food safety management systems and designing validation studies.
As an engineer and highly respected food scientist, Angela Tellez-Lance has garnered what is considered a unique combination of skills in the food industry. She has earned international recognition for her expertise in food microbiology, food quality, risk analysis and incident management, and has designed and implemented processes to solve food safety problems efficiently. She has also trained more than 1,800 food safety managers and directors in larger companies. Prior to spending the past 17 years in the food and quality management field, Tellez-Lance earned a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Biological Engineer (Texas AandM University) and a doctorate in Food Safety and Microbiology (University of Guelph).