Dr. Godefroy is the former Director General of Health Canada’s Food Directorate, Canada’s Food Standard Setting body and a former Vice Chair of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Dr. Godefroy has over 25 years’ experience in food regulatory science and policy including 15 years, at the Executive level leading food regulatory teams and organizations at Health Canada. Prof. Godefroy was elected and serves as President of the International Union of Food Science and Technology IUFoST for the period 2024-2026.

Prof. Godefroy is the founder and the current president of the Global Food Regulatory Science Society (GFoRSS), a disciplinay group of IUFoST aiming to promote food regulatory science disciplines at the international level.

Dr Godefroy is currently leading the development of a Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), hosted by the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) of Université Laval.