- CURRICULUM VITAE -

I. General Information

Family name: Gold
First Name: Irena
Address: Glorupvej 26, svindinge, DK 5853 Oerbaek, Denmark
In MALTA:: Falcon House, Flat 6C, High Street, Slima, SLM 16, Malta
Phone: +45 65 353 185 Mobile: +45 40 777 185
Malta: +356 9943 9680 Malta mobile: +35699439680
email: ig@tano.dk WebPages: www.food-control.com


Date of birth: 8th of February 1951
Nationality: Danish
Marital status: Divorced
Postgrad. studies: 1998, The Alfred Joergensen Laboratory for The Danish Food Department; Degree(s) or Diplo1ma(s) obtained: Examination in audit with quality control systems
Postgrad. studies: 1996, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Denmark; Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Examination in quality control systems
Education: 1971-1979: Veterinary studies, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Denmark
Languages (Scale: 1-5): Reading (4), speaking (4) , writing (3) English, German Swedish, Norwegian


II. Present position and key skills

Present position

Employed at Tano Food Consult A/S; YEARS WITH FIRM: 1 1/2

Key qualifications

Specific eastern countries experience

Membership of professional bodies - special interests

In 2 periods from 1993 to 1995 member of the general education committee of the municipality of Odder. Together with my children I invest my spare time from 1990 to 1996 in the children and youth work of agriculture "4H" both as the activity leader and in recent years as the chairman of the local club.

Other skills e.g. computer literacy, studies and courses:

For the list of Courses, see the ANNEX attached to this docuement. I am familiar with the following computer systems: Word 2000, Excel 2000 and partly familiar with Corel Draw 2000 AutoCad LT 2000

III. Professional experience record:

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) From August 2000 to present
Location DK - Odense
Company Tano Food Consult A/S
Position Senior veterinary adviser
Description
  • Field of activity especially in the applicant countries to the EU, primarily Poland.
  • Advising in hygiene and food safety.
  • Advising in adjustments to the EU and the USDA standards.
  • Authorities treatment.
  • Advisory inspections of food processing companies inclusive of audit of quality systems.
  • Inspections of supply companies to the food industries incl. farms.
  • Project management.
  • Lay out planning incl. hygiene securing.
  • Invite and evaluate tenders; making contracts.
  • Prepare GMP-and HACCP systems.
  • Lecture at conferences.
  • Arrange and convene audit-courses for official veterinary health inspectors active in fieldwork.
  • Arrange and convene HACCP-courses for The Danish Food Department.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) January 2000 June 2000
Location DK - Aalborg
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Position Senior veterinary inspector
Description
  • Similar responsibilities as in Vejle
  • Responsibility for authorization and re-authorization on exporting meat and fishing companies in Greenland.
  • Coordination of approval and implementation of HACCP/GMP systems.
  • Representing The Danish Food Department as a lecturer on tree one day's seminars in different parts of Poland. The aims of the seminars were to inform the meat industry including the slaughterhouses about the EU-requirements and to assist a number of industries to assess their individual situation through inspections. Regarding the last mentioned each seminar was followed by four days advisory inspections.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) May 1996 December 1999
Location DK - Vejle
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / Branch department in Vejle
Position Veterinary inspector
Description
  • Administration and administrative procedures within the meat legislation area.
  • Continual inspections on authorized food companies.
  • Approval of export authorized food companies.
  • Approval of food companies with trade limited to the Danish market.
  • Assessment of internal control systems such as HACCP and GMP in establishment handling and processing food of animal origin.
  • Responsible for handling applications for changes in approval conditions such as change of production, structures and handling exemptions and complains as applicable.
  • Coordination of application replies from the consumer, providing information on food safety and public health.
  • Advising company management on veterinary health issues, legal requirements and internal control matters.
  • Providing lectures and individual advise to official veterinary health inspectors active in fieldwork.
  • Representative of the Danish veterinary service during numerous national and establishment audits conducted by competent authorities such as the Food and Veterinary office of the EU, FDA of the US, central competent authorities from Malaysia etc.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) August 1994 May 1996
Location DK - Vejle
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / TULIP INTERNATIONAL (Canned products)
Position Official veterinarian
Description

    High-tech company producing non-perishables, pasteurized minced products and chilled minced products:

  • Participation in a pilot study on HACCP: Supervision of the study and guidance of the company in its approach and enforcement of the system.
  • Participation in meetings in the HACCP group - especially with a view to assisting when preparing risk analysis and selecting the critical control points and with a view to evaluating if CCP supervision, remedying arrangements and adjusted actions were sufficient to guarantee the food safety.
  • Preparation of check lists for the veterinary inspection service for auditing of the programme of the company.
  • Elaboration of a quality control system for the veterinary control division including a group consisting of 2 veterinaries and 5 inspection assistants reporting to the veterinaries.
  • Attendance of the assignments of the chief veterinary when he was absence.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) December 1990 May 1994
Location DK - Horsens, Aarhus, Gedved
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / DANISH CROWN (Pig slaughterhouse), The Public Cattle Slaughterhouse of Aarhus, Gedved Poultry Slaughterhouse
Position Meat inspector
Description Assistance at meat control in pig-, cattle- and poultry slaughter houses.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) October 1990 May 1994
Location DK - -Odder
Company Own practice
Position Veterinary surgeon
Description Own hospital for small animals.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) October 1987 November 1990
Location DK - Horsens
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / DANISH CROWN (Pig slaughterhouse)
Position Official veterinarian
Description Participation in all assignments in the pig and sanitary slaughterhouse of the company.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) February 1985 September 1987
Location DK - Aarhus
Company The Danish Veterinary Laboratory/ Cattle health service department.
Position Scientific assistant, coordinator
Description
  • Coordinator for the national ordered sanitation of the cattle disease IBR.
  • The aim was to eradicate IBR in Denmark and establish a supervision system for quick detection of any new cases.
  • The sanitation closed successfully in 1988 with obtaining the aims

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) May 1981 January 1985
Location DK - Horsens and Gedved
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / TULIP INTERNATIONAL (Pig slaughterhouse) and Gedved Poultry slaughterhouse
Position Scientific assistant, coordinator
Description Responsible for supervision of enforcement of rules and regulations concerning e.g. meat inspection, internal control and training of staff.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) September 1982 January 1984
Location DK - Horsens
Company Bygholm Agricultural School
Position Teacher
Description
  • Teaching livestock diseases
  • Cooperation with the school in uniting disease science in an independent field.
  • Working out teaching material for the abovementioned area.
  • Teaching lessons in cattle breeding and pig feeding.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) April 1981 August 1982
Location DK - Tvinstrup, Horsens
Company Independent practice
Position Independent practicing veterinary farm animal surgeon
Description General veterinary practice

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) April 1980 Martz 1981
Location DK - Saeby
Company The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration / WENBO (Pig and saw slaughterhouse)
Position Official veterinarian
Description Responsible for supervision of enforcement of rules and regulations concerning e.g. meat inspection, internal control and training of staff.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) February 1979 March 1980
Location Noerager Animal Hospital / The veterinary practice of Dr. Niels Pagter Ludvigsen and Dr. Bo Busk Madsen
Company Bygholm Agricultural School
Position Veterinary surgeon
Description
  • Participation in any odd jobs in a wide range of veterinary activities in addition to regular administrative tasks.
  • Assistance in meat control at the local cattle slaughterhouse at Aalstrup (A/S Hjalmer Nielsen Eksportslagteri.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 1971 1979
Location DK - Frederiksberg
Company The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
Position Student
Description Awarded a scholarship - made a journey in the Eastern Europe with a 3 months stay in Vienna at a clinic for hoof- and cloven-footed animals.

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) 1969 - 1971
Location DK - -Aalborg and Nr. Sundby
Company Local schools
Position Substitute teacher
Description Substitute teacher in the municipalities of Aalborg and Nr. Sundby.

VI. ANNEX

Courses

November 2001:
Course about tender invitation in EU / The Danish Export Council (1 day).
November 2001:
Conference concerning Listeria / The Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (1 day).
December 2000:
Conference about the Enlargement of EU / Danish Food Industry Forum (1 day).
August 2000:
Conference about own check system for suppliers to the food industry. Demands and possibilities / Biotechnological Institute (1 day).
November 1999:
Classical microbiological methods - updated / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).
October 1999:
Conference concerning "The whole employee" / The Danish Ministry of Finance (1 day)
November 1998:
Course about Windows 95 - Exchange 5.0 DK - Word 7.0 DK. (2 days).
May 1998:
Conference about own check systems - HACCP standard. The new food law / The Danish Association for Quality (1 day).
March 1998:
Yearly course for professional veterinarians in food and environmental hygiene with the overall subject about risk evaluation and especially with risk evaluation in relation to genetically altered food / The Association for professional veterinarians in food and environmental hygiene (2 days).
May 1997:
Microbiological problems and quality assurance in fishing products / The Danish Technical University (2 days).
November 1996:
Yearly weekend course for Meat Inspectors / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (2 days).
November 1995:
Cleaning. Technology and efficiency / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (2 days).
March 1995:
Certificate work in the meat inspection / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).
March 1995:
Rat and mouse inspection on slaughterhouses / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).
March 1995:
Statistics in the food industry / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (2 days).
June 1990:
Bacteriological examination of carcasses / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).
May 1990:
Pathological anatomy in the meat inspection / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).
June 1989:
The "new" pathogens in food Campylobacter - Yersinia - Listeria / The Danish Association for Veterinarians (1 day).