Chief Scientist, Department of the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom
Dr. Shannon is the Chief Scientist at the UK’s Department of the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs. Before he worked with the British government, he was in charge of veterinary products at Glaxo International. He will provide an assessment of the situation in Europe relative to the outbreaks of BSE and FMD in livestock as the movement of people, trading of foods, ingredients, and food-animal feeding stuffs becomes more global. He will discuss the implications for globalized trade, agricultural production, and world food security of the continuing threats posed by the potential for spreading deadly diseases and of terrorist attacks on agriculture.