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Douglas L. Marshall, PhD, CFS

Douglas L. Marshall, PhD, CFS

Chief Scientific Officer

Dr. Marshall is Chief Scientific Officer with Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories, Inc., a division of the global life sciences company Eurofins Scientific.  He also is co-founder and Director of the Food Safety Institute, LLC, an integrated consulting and analytical services company affiliated with the Eurofins network of companies.  His former positions include the following:

  • Associate Dean and Professor of Public Health, College of Natural and Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado
  • Adjunct Professor with the Colorado School of Public Health
  • Professor of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion at Mississippi State University
  • Assistant Professor of Food Science at Louisiana State University
  • Contributing Editor for the peer-reviewed scientific journal Food Microbiology
  • Four consecutive terms on the editorial board of the Journal of Food Protection

He is a frequent volunteer and consultant to trade associations, NIH, WHO, FAO, USDA, and other government agencies and private companies.  His research and expertise has been featured in popular press venues such as Consumer’s Reports, Fine Cooking, USA Today, Fitness, Health, Men’s Health, Chemtech, Nature Science Updates, and ASM Journal Highlights.  He is a frequently invited speaker and a prolific book chapter writer. With over 250 publications and over 180 invited presentations, his scientific research and outreach interests focus on improving the microbiological quality and safety of foods.  Among these was the completion of the 4 volume Handbook of Food Science, Technology, and Engineering, which he Co-Edited.  He has been the recipient of a number of awards for his scholarly efforts including the Mississippi Chemical Corporation Award of Excellence for Outstanding Work, the International Association for Food Protection Educator and Harold Barnum Industry Awards.  He is a Fellow and former member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Food Technologists, former Chair of the International Food Science Certification Commission, and former member of the Board of Directors of the American Spice Trade Association.  On a personal note, early in his career he served as a deck hand on an Alaskan fishing vessel (well before Deadliest Catch) and prefers to spend his free time lost on a trail in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Below are resources from Douglas:



The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has named Eurofins Scientific Inc., as the 2018 recipient of the Black Pearl Award.


This infographic answers questions surrounding becoming certified organic in the spice industry.


Learn the steps to BRC food safety scheme certification including training, audits, resources and more!


How do you decide which GFSI scheme is right for your operation? We explain the requirements, audit styles, and other deciding elements of the SQF, BRC, and FSSC 22000 schemes in a comparison table.


Collecting environment samples in an aseptic manner is critical to ensuring the quality of the testing results. Eurofins Microbiology has updated our guide to effective environmental swabbing.


Eurofins Training and Consulting has been recognized as a FAMI-QS Authorized Training Organization as the standard undergoes a revision and will be implemented in April 2019.


Eurofins Food Safety Systems is pleased to announce that it has been voted by our peers as one of the three Certification Body representatives for the SQF TAC. The Technical Advisory Council (TAC ) members represent the SQF Stakeholders including consultants, trainers, certification bodies, accreditation bodies, retailers, foodservice and the pre and post farm-gate industry sector.


A step-by-step explanation from Eurofins experts on becoming FSSC 22000 certified.


Knowing your suppliers and verifying proper food safety controls is critical to the safety of your products and your brand.


Eurofins’ Pesticide Residue Monitoring Plan provides an understanding of how to implement a pesticide residue monitoring plan.


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